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Affricate Consonant

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')

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Classifications

Entity Type

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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
affricate
plural
Affricate Consonants
possessive
Affricate Consonant's
pluralpossessive
Affricate Consonants'