affricate
Plural: affricates
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')
- A single speech sound produced combining a plosive and a fricative.
Verb
- To produce (a plosive) as an affricate.
Origin / Etymology
From Latin affricātus.
Synonyms
affricate consonant, affricative
Scrabble Score: 17
affricate: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordaffricate: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
affricate: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 18
affricate: valid Words With Friends Word