| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| affricate |
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| SYLLABICATION: | af·fri·cate |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   f r -kt |
| NOUN: | A complex speech sound consisting of a stop consonant followed by a fricative; for example, the initial sounds of child and joy. Also called affricative. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Latin affric tus, past participle of affricre, to rub against : ad-, ad- + fricre, to rub.
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