| NOUN | communication | fricative consonant, fricative, spirant | a continuant consonant produced by breath moving against a narrowing of the vocal tract |
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| Meaning | A continuant consonant produced by breath moving against a narrowing of the vocal tract. | |
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| Synonyms | fricative, spirant | |
| Narrower | sibilant, sibilant consonant | A consonant characterized by a hissing sound (like s or sh) |
| Broader | continuant consonant, continuant | consonant articulated by constricting (but not closing) the vocal tract |
| Spanish | consonante fricativa, fricativa | |
| Catalan | consonant fricativa, fricativa | |
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