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affricate
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English
Etymology
From Latin affricātus.
Pronunciation
Noun
affricate (plural affricates)
- (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)
- (transitive) To produce (a plosive) as an affricate.
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Italian
Noun
affricate f
Latin
Verb
affricāte
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