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affricate

[ noun af-ri-kit; verb af-ri-keyt ]

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noun

Also called affricative. a speech sound comprising occlusion, plosion, and frication, as either of the ch- sounds in church and the j- sound in joy.

affricated, affricating.

to change the pronunciation of (a stop) to an affricate, especially by releasing (the stop) slowly.

affricate

/ ˈæ�ڰ�ɪ��ɪ�� /

a composite speech sound consisting of a stop and a fricative articulated at the same point, such as the sound written ch, as in chair

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1875–85; < Latin ��ڴڰ��ٳܲ� rubbed against (past participle of ��ڴڰ�� ), equivalent to af- af- + fric- ( friction ) + -��ٳܲ� -ate ¹

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C19: from Latin ��ڴڰ�� to rub against, from �ڰ�� to rub; compare friction

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Both, like Bavarian and Alemannic, shift initial German p to the affricate pf.

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