- affricate
- af·fri·cate
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affricate
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Affricate — Af fri*cate, n. [L. affricatus, p. p. of affricare to rub against; af = ad + fricare to rub.] (Phon.) A combination of a stop, or explosive, with an immediately following fricative or spirant of corresponding organic position, as pf in german… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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
affricate — UK [ˈæfrɪkət] / US noun [countable] Word forms affricate : singular affricate plural affricates linguistics a sound used in speech that is like the ch sound in church or the j sound in judge … English dictionary
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 — af|fri|cate [ˈæfrıkıt] n technical [Date: 1800 1900; : Latin; Origin: , past participle of affricare to rub against , from ad to + fricare to rub ] a ↑plosive sound such as /t/ or /d/ that is immediately followed by a ↑fricative sound made in the … Dictionary of contemporary English
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
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 consonant — noun a 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 … Useful english dictionary
affricate — noun Etymology: probably from German Affrikata, from Latin affricata, feminine of affricatus, past participle of affricare to rub against, from ad + fricare to rub more at friction Date: 1891 a stop and its immediately following release into a… … New Collegiate Dictionary
affricate — См. affricata … Пятиязычный словарь лингвистических терминов
