Definitions for affricate

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affricate af·fri·cate

Spelling: [noun af-ri-kit; verb af-ri-keyt]

IPA: /noun ˈæf rɪ kɪt; verb ˈæf rɪˌkeɪt/

Affricate is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 320 anagrams from letters in affricate (aaceffirt).

Definitions for affricate

noun

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.

verb (used with object)

1. to change the pronunciation of (a stop) to an affricate, especially by releasing (the stop) slowly.

Origin of affricate

1875-85; Latin affricātus rubbed against (past participle of affricāre), equivalent to af- af- + fric- (see friction) + -ātus Examples for affricate

The affricate in words like gaol is of French origin (gele), from a Late Lat.

Here, the j is to be pronounced as a double letter (technically an affricate) as in English.