AFFRICATE


Meaning of AFFRICATE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈa-fri-kət ]

noun

Etymology: probably from German Affrikata, from Latin affricata, feminine of affricatus, past participle of affricare to rub against, from ad- + fricare to rub — more at friction

Date: 1891

: a stop and its immediately following release into a fricative that are considered to constitute a single phoneme (as the t and sh of ch in choose )

• af·fric·a·tive a-ˈfri-kə-tiv, ə- noun or adjective

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