"dental fricative" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: dental fricatives [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} dental fricative (plural dental fricatives)
  1. (phonetics) The phoneme produced when the tongue touches the upper teeth and air is blown. It can be voiced (ð) or unvoiced (θ). Wikipedia link: dental fricative Categories (topical): Phonetics Synonyms: th sound [informal]
    Sense id: en-dental_fricative-en-noun-NrfZlWFH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, phonetics, phonology, sciences

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