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1. n. (phonetics) The quality of being produced by air flowing through a constriction in the oral cavity and typically producing a sibilant, hissing, or buzzing quality, as the English /f/ and /s/. Source: wordnet

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quality buzzing cavity constriction english flowing hissing oral phonetics produced producing sibilant typically

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fricandeau fricando fricassed fricassee fricasseed fricasseeing fricassees frication fricative fricative consonant fricatives

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