Definitions

affricate

[af-ri-kit, af-ri-keyt] / ˈæf rɪ kɪt, ˈæf rɪˌkeɪt /

NOUN

speech sound

Synonyms

WEAK

click consonant diphthong fricative implosive liquid phone phonetic entity phonetic unit plosive sibilant sonant spirant syllable vocable

Example Sentences

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

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