FRICATIVE
\fɹˈɪkətˌɪv], \fɹˈɪkətˌɪv], \f_ɹ_ˈɪ_k_ə_t_ˌɪ_v]\
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By Noah Webster.
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[From L.] (Lang.) A continuous consonant, for which the articulating organs are approximated during emission of breath just before the separation which completes the consonantal articulation. In English the principal fricatives are sh, zh (s in pleasure), y, r, l, n, th, s, z, f v, w, m.
By Henry Percy Smith
