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affricate

POS

Noun

HYPHEN

af=fri=cate

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun affricate has 1 sense

affricate(n = noun.communication) affricate consonant, affricative - a composite speech sound consisting of a stop and a fricative articulated at the same point (as `ch' in `chair' and `j' in `joy'); Array

is a kind of obstruent

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CIDE DICTIONARY

affricate, n. [L. affricatus, p. p. of affricare to rub against; af- = ad- + fricare to rub.].

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. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

affricate, n. Phonet. a combination of a plosive with an immediately following fricative or spirant, e.g. ch.

Etymology

L affricare (as AD-, fricare rub)

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