SINCE 1828
affricate
noun
af·fri·cate
| \ˈa-fri-kət
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Definition of affricate
: a stop and its immediately following release into a fricative that are considered to constitute a single phoneme (such as the \t\ and \sh\ of \ch\ in choose)
Other Words from affricate
affricative
\a-ˈfri-kə-tiv,
ə-
\
noun or adjective
ə-
\
noun or adjective
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