Affricate
nounverified·updated May 18, 2026
a composite speech sound consisting of a stop and a fricative articulated at the same point (as `ch' in `chair' and `j' in `joy')
Classifications
Entity Type
Unknown—glossary_import_default_pending_classifier
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Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- synonym
- affricate consonantaffricative
- plural
- Affricates
- possessive
- Affricate's
- pluralpossessive
- Affricates'