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Affricative

[uh-frik-uh-tiv, af-ruh-key-]

af·fric·a·tive

[uh-frik-uh-tiv, af-ruh-key-] Phonetics
noun
1.
affricate (def. 1).
adjective
2.
of or pertaining to an affricate.
3.
articulated as an affricate.

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Affricative is always a great word to know.
So is fricative. Does it mean:
a speech sound characterized by audible friction produced by forcing the breath through a constricted passage in the vocal tract
produced with the lips close together or touching

Origin:
affricate + -ive
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affricative (əˈfrɪkətɪv, ˈæfrəˌkeɪ-)
 
n
1.  another word for affricate
 
adj
2.  of, relating to, or denoting an affricate

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