Affricate
Affricate noun - A composite speech sound consisting of a stop and a fricative articulated at the same point (as `ch' in `chair' and `j' in `joy').
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Synonyms for Affricate
Implosive
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- consonant and affricate
- consonant and implosive
- liquid and affricate
- liquid and implosive
- click and affricate
- click and implosive
- phone and affricate
- phone and implosive
- fricative and affricate
- fricative and implosive
- sibilant and affricate
- sibilant and implosive
- spirant and affricate
- spirant and implosive
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Implosive and Affricate. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/affricate/implosive
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