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Fricative Consonant

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

a continuant consonant produced by breath moving against a narrowing of the vocal tract

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Classifications

Entity Type

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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
fricative
plural
Fricative Consonants
possessive
Fricative Consonant's
pluralpossessive
Fricative Consonants'