Usually means: Consonant sound combining stop, fricative.
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General (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. affricative: Merriam-Webster
  2. affricative: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. affricative: Collins English Dictionary
  4. affricative: Vocabulary.com
  5. affricative: Wiktionary
  6. affricative: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. affricative: Dictionary.com
  8. affricative: Rhymezone
  9. affricative: FreeDictionary.org
  10. affricative: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. affricative: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. affricative: Medical dictionary

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▸ noun:  An affricate.
▸ adjective:  Of or relating to an affricate.

Similar:
affricate consonant, affrication, obstruent, th sound, aahing, sh sound, strident, groove fricative, apical, aspirate, more...

Opposite:
fricative, stop, plosive, nasal, liquid

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Similar:
affricate consonant, affrication, obstruent, th sound, aahing, sh sound, strident, groove fricative, apical, aspirate, more...

Opposite:
fricative, stop, plosive, nasal, liquid



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