affricate
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin affricātus.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
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affricate (plural affricates)
- (phonetics) A sound produced using a combination of a plosive and a fricative.
- Synonym: affricative
- Hypernym: obstruent
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VerbEdit
affricate (third-person singular simple present affricates, present participle affricating, simple past and past participle affricated)
- (transitive) To produce (a plosive) as an affricate.
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ItalianEdit
NounEdit
affricate f
LatinEdit
VerbEdit
affricāte