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affricate
[ noun af-ri-kit; verb af-ri-keyt ]
noun
- 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.
- 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
- 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
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of affricate1
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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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