Home / Thesaurus / affricative
Thesaurus: 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’)
Related headwords
articulateddefinitionchairdefinitioncompositedefinitionconsistingdefinitionfricativedefinitionjoydefinitionpointdefinitionsounddefinitionspeechdefinitionstopdefinitionaffricatefamilyaffricate consonantfamilyaffricatesfamilyaffricationfamilyaffrictionfamilyaffriendedfamilyaffrightfamilyaffrightedfamilyaffrightedlyfamilyaffrightenfamilyaffrighterfamilyaffrightfulfamilyaffrightingfamilyaffrightmentfamilyaffrightsfamilyAffrilachianfamilyaffraymentneighboraffraysneighbor
Definitions
- n. a composite speech sound consisting of a stop and a fricative articulated at the same point (as ‘ch’ in ‘chair’ and ‘j’ in ‘joy’)
- n a composite speech sound consisting of a stop and a fricative articulated at the same point (as `ch' in `chair' and `j' in `joy')