- affricate consonant
- nouna composite speech sound consisting of a stop and a fricative articulated at the same point (as `ch' in `chair' and `j' in `joy')• Syn: ↑affricate, ↑affricative• Hypernyms: ↑obstruent
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affricate consonant
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Affricate consonant — Affricate consonants begin as stops (most often an alveolar, such as IPA| [t] or IPA| [d] ) but release as a fricative (such as IPA| [s] or IPA| [z] or occasionally into a fricative trill) rather than directly into the following vowel. Samples… … Wikipedia
affricate — [af′ri kit] n. [L affricatus, pp. of affricare, to rub against < ad , to + fricare, to rub: see FRIABLE] Phonet. a complex sound articulated by the slow release of a stop consonant followed immediately by a fricative at the same place of… … English World dictionary
Consonant — Not to be confused with the musical concept of consonance For the alternative rock group, see Consonant (band). Places of articulation Labial Bilabial Labial–velar Labial–coronal Labiodental … Wikipedia
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affricate — n. /af ri kit/; v. /af ri kayt /, n., v., affricated, affricating. Phonet. n. 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. v.t. 2. to change… … Universalium
affricate — noun (C) technical a consonant sound consisting of a plosive such as, or, that is immediately followed by a fricative pronounced in the same part of the mouth, such as s or z . The word minds , for example, contains the affricate dz / … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
affricate — af•fri•cate n. [[t]ˈæf rɪ kɪt[/t]] v. [[t] ˌkeɪt[/t]] n. v. cat•ed, cat•ing 1) phn a composite speech sound in which a stop consonant is gradually released with audible friction, as the sound (ch) in church or (j) in judge[/ex] 2) phn to change… … From formal English to slang
Sibilant consonant — A sibilant is a type of fricative or affricate consonant, made by directing a jet of air through a narrow channel in the vocal tract towards the sharp edge of the teeth. The termThe term sibilant is often taken to be synonymous with the term… … Wikipedia
Click consonant — Manners of articulation Obstruent Plosive (occlusive) Affricate Fricative Sibilant Sonorant Nasal Flap/Tap Approximant … Wikipedia
