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Affricate - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Affricate : (noun)
1: a composite speech sound consisting of a stop and a
fricative articulated at the same point (as `ch' in
`chair' and `j' in `joy') [syn: affricate consonant, affricative]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Affricate : \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.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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