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affricate

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Etymology

From Latin affricātus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (noun) /ˈæf.ɹɪ.kət/, /ˈæf.ɹɪ.keɪt/, /ˈæf.ɹə.kət/, /ˈæf.ɹə.keɪt/
  • IPA(key): (verb) /ˈæf.ɹɪ.keɪt/, /ˈæf.ɹə.keɪt/
    • Audio (Central Midland, US); [ˈæf.ɹə.kɪ̞t]:(file)

Noun

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affricate (plural affricates)

  1. (phonetics) A single speech sound produced combining a plosive and a fricative.
    Synonym: affricative
    Hypernym: obstruent

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Verb

affricate (third-person singular simple present affricates, present participle affricating, simple past and past participle affricated)

  1. (transitive) To produce (a plosive) as an affricate.

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Italian

Noun

affricate f

  1. plural of affricata

Latin

Verb

affricāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of affricō

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