Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
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noun
A single speech sound produced combining a plosive and a fricative.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, phonetics, phonology, sciences
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Synonyms: affricative
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: obstruent
verb
To produce (a plosive) as an affricate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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')
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: affricate consonant, affricative
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: obstruent
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h2éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *bhreyH- Proto-Indo-European *bhriH-o-s Proto-Italic *frios Proto-Italic *friāō Latin friō Latin fricō Latin affricō Latin affricātusbor. English affricate Borrowed from Latin affricātus.
Across languages
43 source translations are retained for this English entry.
