affricative

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Noun affricative has 1 sense

affricate, affricate consonant, affricative - a composite speech sound consisting of a stop and a fricative articulated at the same point (as `ch' in `chair' and `j' in `joy')
--₁ is a kind of consonant

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Affricative

Part of Speech: Noun, Adjective

Sense 1 (Noun): A speech sound that begins as a stop consonant and releases as a fricative; for example, the "ch" sound in "church".

Example sentence: The English language includes affricatives such as "ch" and "j".

Sense 2 (Adjective): Relating to or characterized by the production of an affricative sound.

Example sentence: The affricative consonants in Mandarin Chinese require precise tongue placement.

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