Affricate consonant
Affricate consonant 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 consonant
Affricative is a synonym for affricate consonant. In some cases you can use "Affricative" instead a noun phrase "Affricate consonant".
Affricative
Affricative 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 Affricative
Affricate consonant is a synonym for affricative. You can use "Affricate consonant" instead a noun "Affricative".
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Affricative and Affricate consonant. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 01, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/affricate_consonant/affricative
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