Speakur

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affricate

/ˈæf.ɹɪ.kət/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.30 in modern English

Syllables
af-fricate
IPA
/ˈæf.ɹɪ.kət/
17
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A single speech sound produced combining a plosive and a fricative.

verb

To produce (a plosive) as an affricate.

Transitive verb

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *bʰreyH- Proto-Indo-European *bʰriH-o-s Proto-Italic *frios Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin friō Latin -ic- ▲ Latin -ō Latin -icō Latin fricō Latin affricō Latin affricātusbor. English affricate Borrowed from Latin affricātus.

Usage

Inflected Forms

affricates (plural) affricates (present, singular) affricating (participle, present) affricated (participle, past) affricated (past)

Derived Forms

nonaffricate affrication affricatize unaffricated

Frequently Paired Words

friction

Synonyms

affricative affricate consonant

Questions

How do you pronounce affricate?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈæf.ɹɪ.kət/.
What does affricate mean?
A single speech sound produced combining a plosive and a fricative.
Where does affricate come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *bʰreyH- Proto-Indo-European *bʰriH-o-s Proto-Italic *frios Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin friō Latin -ic- ▲ Latin -ō Latin -icō Latin fricō Latin affricō Latin affricātusbor. English affricate Borrowed from Latin affricātus.

How to pronounce affricate

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