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Affricate

nounid 10404·updated May 18, 2026
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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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Variants

synonym
affricate consonantaffricative
plural
Affricates
possessive
Affricate's
pluralpossessive
Affricates'

Framework definitions

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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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