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Meaning of "affricate" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD AFFRICATE

From Latin affricāre to rub against, from fricāre to rub; compare friction.
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PRONUNCIATION OF AFFRICATE

affricate  [ˈæfrɪkɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF AFFRICATE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Affricate is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES AFFRICATE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Affricate consonant

Affricates are consonants that begin as stops but release as a fricative rather than directly into the following vowel. English has two affricates, spelled ch and j.

Definition of affricate in the English dictionary

The definition of affricate in the dictionary is a composite speech sound consisting of a stop and a fricative articulated at the same point, such as the sound written ch, as in chair.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH AFFRICATE


aluminosilicate
əˌluːmɪnəʊˈsɪlɪkɪt
borosilicate
ˌbɔːrəʊˈsɪlɪkɪt
certificate
səˈtɪfɪkɪt
cricket
ˈkrɪkɪt
delicate
ˈdɛlɪkɪt
disintricate
dɪsˈɪntrɪkɪt
duplicate
ˈdjuːplɪkɪt
fecit
ˈfeɪkɪt
imbricate
ˈɪmbrɪkɪt
indelicate
ɪnˈdɛlɪkɪt
intricate
ˈɪntrɪkɪt
picket
ˈpɪkɪt
picquet
ˈpɪkɪt
pricket
ˈprɪkɪt
silicate
ˈsɪlɪkɪt
syndicate
ˈsɪndɪkɪt
thicket
ˈθɪkɪt
ticket
ˈtɪkɪt
triplicate
ˈtrɪplɪkɪt
wicket
ˈwɪkɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE AFFRICATE

afforestation
affranchise
affranchisement
affrap
affray
affrayer
affreightment
affret
affrication
affricative
affright
affrightedly
affrighten
affrightful
affrightment
affront
affronted
affrontee
affrontingly
affrontive

WORDS THAT END LIKE AFFRICATE

abdicate
applicate
authenticate
birth certificate
clearance certificate
communicate
complicate
death certificate
dedicate
domesticate
eradicate
fabricate
implicate
in triplicate
indicate
intoxicate
locate
lubricate
predicate
replicate
silver certificate

Synonyms and antonyms of affricate in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «affricate» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF AFFRICATE

Find out the translation of affricate to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of affricate from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «affricate» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

塞擦音
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

affricate
570 millions of speakers

English

affricate
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

affricate
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

affricate
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

аффриката
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

affricate
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

affricate
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

affriquée
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Affricate
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

affricate
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

破擦音
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

파열 마찰음
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Affricate
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

affricate
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அடைப்புரசொலி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

समृद्ध
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yarı kapantılı ünsüz
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

affricate
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

afrykata
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

аффриката
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

affricate
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

affricate
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

affrikaat
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

affricate
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

affricate
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of affricate

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «AFFRICATE»

The term «affricate» is normally little used and occupies the 125.135 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «AFFRICATE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «affricate» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «affricate» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about affricate

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «AFFRICATE»

Discover the use of affricate in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to affricate and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Acoustic Phonetics
Figure 8.25 Schematized model of the vocal tract for an affricate consonant. Closure is formed by setting the area A\ to zero at the front of the constriction. The channel behind the constriction, with area A2, forms the fricative portion of the ...
Kenneth N. Stevens, 2000
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Principles of Phonetics
Kahardian1: voiceless dental/alveolar or alveolar sihilant ejective affricate [ts'] 129 languages1; lahialized voiceless dental/alveolar sihilant ejective affricate [ tsw'] tLak1: voiceless palato-alveolar sihilant ejective affricate [t]'] 135 languages1 ; ...
John Laver, 1994
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Comprehensive Articulatory Phonetics: A Tool for Mastering ...
[atTl'] Vl. Tip-alveolar Affricate Vl. Tip-alveopalatal Affricate Vl. Back-velar Affricate Vd. Tip-alveolar Affricate Vl. Tip-dental Affricate Vd. Tip-alveopalatal Affricate Vl. Tip-alveopalatal Affricate Vl. Bilabial Affricate Vd. Back-velar Affricate Vl.
T. L. Cleghorn, N. M. Rugg, 2011
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Greek Writing from Knossos to Homer : A Linguistic ...
The affricate interpretation of Punic sade was earlier offered by K. Meister (1905- 1906, "Arkadische Formen in der Xuthiasinschrift," IF 18:77-83). 178. Steiner ( 1982:61) offers a "complete list" of the forms of the Greek transcription, though he  ...
Roger D. Woodard The Andrew V. V. Raymond Professor of the Classics and Professor of Linguistics University of Buffalo (The State University of New York), 1997
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The Internal Organization of Phonological Segments
Some problems remain, however, for all three proposals for affricate representation, as summarized in ( 1 1 ). If affricates are represented as having ordered [-cont] [+cont] components, the Fricative Constraint would incorrectly rule out ...
Marc van Oostendorp, Jeroen Maarten van de Weijer, 2005
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The Psychophysics of Speech Perception
First are the natural auditory sensitivities theories in which phonemic categories are thought to be based on simple acoustic properties - the rise time of the frication noise in the case of voiceless affricate/fricative (Cutting & Rosner, 1974;  ...
M.E. Schouten, 1987
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The Sounds of English and Dutch
Types of release Affricate release. See also section 3.2 on manner of articulation. If the articulators do not part immediately, remaining for a brief period relatively close to each other, then friction is heard in the release stage. This friction is ...
Beverley Collins, Inger Margrethe Mees, 1984
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Studies in Modern Semitic Languages
Maillet, a French consul in Egypt (in the years 1692-1708), shows the alternation of the affricate [g] and the prepalatal [g*] or prevelar [g]. Blanc suggests (ibid.) that the French spelling ofgui may stand for thegmouille ([gl or [g]). f°r example, the ...
Shlomo Izreʾel, Shlomo Raz, 1996
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A Grammar of Basque
(a) Stop/affricate + consonant. Consistent with the coda-structure constraints discussed in the preceding subsection, there are no word-internal heterosyllabic sequences where a stop or an affricate is followed by another consonant, leaving  ...
José Ignacio Hualde, Jon Ortiz de Urbina, 2003
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Spanish Phonology: Descriptive and Historical
Voiceless palatal affricate. Written ch. The air passage is first completely blocked by raising the front of the tongue to make firm contact with the forward part of the hard palate and the alveoles; then the tongue is gradually removed in such a ...
I. R. Macpherson, 1975

9 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «AFFRICATE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term affricate is used in the context of the following news items.
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Crossword blog: meet the letter J
A series looking at letters of the alphabet and what they mean in cryptic crossword clues. This week, the voiced palatal-alveolar affricate, better ... «The Guardian, Apr 15»
2
Ask a Mexican!
... linguapalatal fricative), so Mexicans pronounce English words using an "sh" sound with the harsher "ch" (known as a lingualveolar affricate). «Tucson Weekly, Oct 14»
3
¡Ask a Mexican! On tipping and tongue-tied Mexicans
... linguapalatal fricative), so Mexicans pronounce English words using an “sh” sound with the harsher “ch” (known as a lingualveolar affricate). «Santa Fe New Mexican.com, Oct 14»
4
The Week in Mac Apps: Spell my name with an S
Plosive and affricate sounds wage war in one of the apps featured in this week's roundup; don't worry, though, for you'll be able to make some ... «Macworld, Jan 14»
5
A linguistic dissection of 7 annoying teenage sounds
"Velar" means at the back of the mouth; "affricate" means it starts with a stop (in this case [k]) and becomes a fricative (when voiceless, a hissy ... «The Week Magazine, May 13»
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Does the lily grow in the valet? Is good ballet bally good?
At one time, the group (digraph) ch designated in French the same affricate it does in Modern English. When chamber, chance, charge, charity, ... «OUPblog, Apr 13»
7
Utopian for Beginners
One particular hard-to-make clicklike sound, a voiceless uvular ejective affricate, has been found in only a few other languages, including the ... «The New Yorker, Dec 12»
8
Maruta's Forward Into Regression is Pure Grindcore Aggression
These are guttural alveo-affricate elocutions that'll guarantee tenureship to potential linguistics professors for some time to come. I don't want to ... «Broward New Times, May 11»
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500 - It's 10:15 in Germany. Do You Know Where Your Isoglosses …
... northern dialects with a geminated stop from High German ones in the south with an affricate (Appel-Apfel). In between lies the Middle German language area. «Big Think, Feb 11»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Affricate [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/affricate>. Apr 2024 ».
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