affricative

[uh-frik-uh-tiv, af-ruh-key-]

noun

1. affricate.

adjective

1. of or relating to an affricate.

2. articulated as an affricate.

affricative

/ əˈfrɪkətɪv, ˈæfrəˌkeɪ- /

noun

1. another word for affricate

adjective

1. of, relating to, or denoting an affricate

Word History and Origins

Origin of affricative¹

affricate + -ive

Example Sentences

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