About The Word Affricate
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Affricate
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What's The Definition Of Affricate?
[n] a composite speech sound consisting of a stop and a fricative articulated at the same point (as `ch' in `chair' and `j' in `joy')
Synonyms | Synonyms for Affricate: affricate consonant | affricative Related Terms | Find terms related to Affricate: See Also | consonant Affricate In Webster's Dictionary \Af"fri*cate\, n. [L. affricatus, p. p. of affricare
to rub against; af- = ad- + fricare to rub.] (Phon.)
A combination of a stop, or explosive, with an immediately
following fricative or spirant of corresponding organic
position, as pf in german Pfeffer, pepper, z (= ts) in German
Zeit, time.
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