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Affricate Definition & Meaning

affricate
noun
  1. a composite speech sound consisting of a stop and a fricative articulated at the same point (as `ch' in `chair' and `j' in `joy')

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What does affricate mean?
a composite speech sound consisting of a stop and a fricative articulated at the same point (as `ch' in `chair' and `j' in `joy')
What part of speech is affricate?
Affricate is a noun.

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