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AFFRICATE CONSONANT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does affricate consonant mean?
• AFFRICATE CONSONANT (noun)
The noun AFFRICATE CONSONANT has 1 sense:
1. a composite speech sound consisting of a stop and a fricative articulated at the same point (as 'ch' in 'chair' and 'j' in 'joy')
Familiarity information: AFFRICATE CONSONANT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A composite speech sound consisting of a stop and a fricative articulated at the same point (as 'ch' in 'chair' and 'j' in 'joy')
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
affricate; affricate consonant; affricative
Hypernyms ("affricate consonant" is a kind of...):
obstruent (a consonant that is produced with a partial or complete blockage of the airflow from the lungs through the nose or mouth)
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