Affricates

noun, verb

noun, verb ·3 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    plural of affricate form-of, plural
Verb
  1. 1
    third-person singular simple present indicative of affricate form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person

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affricativeaffricate consonantaffricative

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"Doesn't a language in which many words end with consonants, like plosives and affricates, sound "harder" than a language in which many words end with a vowel? Which ones are the "rocks"?"

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