What does affricate mean?
Affricate means (phonetics) A single speech sound produced combining a plosive and a fricative..
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/ˈæf.ɹɪ.kət/ · noun
(phonetics) A single speech sound produced combining a plosive and a fricative..
Use affricate when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Affricate means (phonetics) A single speech sound produced combining a plosive and a fricative..
Common synonyms include affricative, affricate consonant.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Use affricate where its definition matches the intended context.
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