affricative

American

[uh-frik-uh-tiv, af-ruh-kay-] / əˈfrɪk ə tɪv, ˈæf rəˌkeɪ- /

noun

affricate.

adjective

of or relating to an affricate.
articulated as an affricate.

affricative British

/ əˈfrɪkətɪv /

noun

another word for affricate

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adjective

of, relating to, or denoting an affricate

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Etymology

Origin of affricative

affricate + -ive

Example Sentences

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affricative

For example, they took “zog,” the Albanian word for bird, and subbed in the approximant “y” to make “yog” or the affricative “ts” to make “tsog.”

From Scientific American ● Dec. 6, 2022

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