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According to the American Heritage dictionary, a fricative is:

A consonant, such as f or s in English, produced by the forcing of breath through a constricted passage. Also called spirant.

The word 'fricative' itself contains two fricatives: the letters f and v (both labiodental fricatives, by the way).

I'm double-majoring in Media & Communications and Linguistics, so, y'know, I heart words. Especially ones that contain fricatives. Like "ffffff -- "....oh, never mind. This is a family profile.