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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   An affricate.
2. 2
   a composite speech sound consisting of a stop and a fricative articulated at the same point (as ‘ch’ in ‘chair’ and ‘j’ in ‘joy’) wordnet

Adjective

1. 1
   Of or relating to an affricate. not-comparable

Synonyms

All synonyms

affricateaffricateaffricate consonant

Etymology

From affricate + -ive.

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