affricate

Word family adjectiveaffricatednounaffricationaffricateaffricative

Related topics: Linguistics

af·fri·cate /ˈæfrɪkət/ noun [countableC] technical

SLa plosive sound such as /t/ or /d/ that is immediately followed by a fricative sound made in the same part of the mouth, such as /s/ or /ʒ/. The word ‘church’, for example, contains the affricate /tʃ/. 破擦音

Origin affricate

(1800-1900) Latin past participle of affricare “to rub against”, from ad- “to” + fricare “to rub”

单词	affricate
释义	affricate Word family adjectiveaffricatednounaffricationaffricateaffricative Related topics: Linguistics af·fri·cate /ˈæfrɪkət/ noun [countableC] technical SLa plosive sound such as /t/ or /d/ that is immediately followed by a fricative sound made in the same part of the mouth, such as /s/ or /ʒ/. The word ‘church’, for example, contains the affricate /tʃ/. 破擦音 Origin affricate (1800-1900) Latin past participle of affricare “to rub against”, from ad- “to” + fricare “to rub”
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