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Word: Affricate
Speech Type: Noun
late 19th century: from Latin affricatus, past participle of affricare, from ad- ‘to’ + fricare ‘to rub’
ˈafrɪkət
a phoneme which combines a plosive with an immediately following fricative or spirant sharing the same place of articulation, e.g. ch as in chair and j as in jar.
Short Definition:phoneme which combines plosive with immediately following fricative or spirant sharing same place of articulation
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