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nonfricative

nonfricative adjective: not fricative.

Adjective

nonfricative (not comparable)

  1. Not fricative.

Noun

nonfricative (plural nonfricatives)

  1. Any sound that is not a fricative.

Forms of nonfricative

pluralnonfricatives

Origin of nonfricative

From non- + fricative.

Questions about nonfricative

What does nonfricative mean?
Nonfricative means not fricative.
What part of speech is nonfricative?
Nonfricative can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near nonfricative in the dictionary

  1. nonfreshman
  2. nonfreshmen
  3. nonfriability
  4. nonfriable
  5. nonfriables
  6. nonfricative
  7. nonfricatives
  8. nonfriction
  9. nonfried
  10. nonfriend
  11. nonfriendly

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