What does affricative mean?

Definitions for affricative
əˈfrɪk ə tɪvaf·frica·tive

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. affricate, affricate consonant, affricativenoun

    a composite speech sound consisting of a stop and a fricative articulated at the same point (as `ch' in `chair' and `j' in `joy')

Wiktionary

  1. affricativenoun

    An affricate.

  2. affricativeadjective

    Of, or relating to an affricate.

Wikipedia

  1. affricative

    An affricate is a consonant that begins as a stop and releases as a fricative, generally with the same place of articulation (most often coronal). It is often difficult to decide if a stop and fricative form a single phoneme or a consonant pair. English has two affricate phonemes, /t͡ʃ/ and /d͡ʒ/, often spelled ch and j, respectively.

ChatGPT

  1. affricative

    An affricative, also known as an affricate, is a type of consonant sound that begins as a stop (plosive) but is released as a fricative. It's a complex speech sound that consists of a stop consonant followed by a fricative. Examples of affricatives in English include the "ch" sound in "church" and the "j" sound in "jam."

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of affricative in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of affricative in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

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