affricate
Also called affricative. a speech sound comprising occlusion, plosion, and frication, as either of the ch-sounds in church and the j-sound in joy.
to change the pronunciation of (a stop) to an affricate, especially by releasing (the stop) slowly.
Origin of affricate
1Words Nearby affricate
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How to use affricate in a sentence
The affricate in words like gaol is of French origin (gele), from a Late Lat.
Here, the j is to be pronounced as a double letter (technically an affricate) as in English.
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British Dictionary definitions for affricate
/ (ˈæfrɪkɪt) /
a composite speech sound consisting of a stop and a fricative articulated at the same point, such as the sound written ch, as in chair
Origin of affricate
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