affricate – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
affricate
n.
phonetically produced sounds "ch" and "j"
Affricate consonant
An
affricate is a
consonant that begins as a
stop and releases as a
fricative, generally with the same
place of articulation (most often
coronal). It is often difficult to decide if a stop and fricative form a single
phoneme or a consonant pair. English has two affricate phonemes, and , often spelled
ch and
j.
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')
(synonym) affricate consonant, affricative
(hypernym) consonant
affricata
nf.
affricate, phonetically produced sounds "ch" and "j"
affricate
