亚洲网紅露点

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affricate

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

noun

  1. 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.


verb (used with object)

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

affricate

/ 藞忙蹿谤瑟办瑟迟 /

noun

  1. 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
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of affricate1

1875鈥85; < Latin 补蹿蹿谤颈肠腻迟耻蝉 rubbed against (past participle of 补蹿蹿谤颈肠腻谤别 ), equivalent to af- af- + fric- ( friction ) + -腻迟耻蝉 -ate 1
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of affricate1

C19: from Latin 补蹿蹿谤颈肠腻谤别 to rub against, from 蹿谤颈肠腻谤别 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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