affricate

English

Etymology

From Latin affricatus.

Pronunciation

(noun) IPA^(key): /ˈæfɹɪkət/, /ˈæfɹɪkeɪt/
(verb) IPA^(key): /ˈæfɹɪkeɪt/
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Noun

affricate (plural affricates)

(phonetics) A sound produced using a combination of a plosive and a fricative. English sounds /t͡ʃ/ (catch) and /d͡ʒ/ (jury) are examples.

Synonyms

affricative

Translations

sound

Armenian: պայթաշփական (hy) (paytʿašpʿakan), հպաշփական (hpašpʿakan)
Catalan: africada (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 塞擦音 (sècāyīn), 破擦音 (zh) (pòcāyīn), 破裂摩擦音 (zh) (pòliè mócāyīn)
Czech: afrikáta (cs) f
Dutch: affricaat (nl)
Estonian: afrikaad
Finnish: affrikaatta (fi)
French: affriquée (fr) f
German: Affrikata f, Affrikate (de) f
Greek: προστριβόμενο n (prostrivómeno)
Irish: aifricéad m
Italian: affricata f

Japanese: 破擦音 (はさつおん, hasatsu-on)
Korean: ^{(please verify)} 파찰음 (ko) (破擦音, pachaleum)
Navajo: ahídeiłjah
Persian: انسایشی‎‎ (ensāyešī)
Polish: afrykata (pl) f
Portuguese: africada f
Russian: аффрика́та (ru) f (affrikáta)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: африка́та f, сливѐнӣк m

Roman: afrikáta (sh) f, slivènīk (sh) m
Spanish: africada (es) f
Swedish: affrikata (sv) c

Verb

affricate (third-person singular simple present affricates, present participle affricating, simple past and past participle affricated)

(transitive) To produce (a plosive) as an affricate.

Derived terms

affrication

Italian

Noun

affricate f

plural of affricata

Latin

Verb

affricāte

first-person plural present active imperative of affricō

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