Affricate [noun]

Definition of Affricate:

sound unit of speech

Synonyms of Affricate:

● Click

● Consonant

● Liquid

● Phone

● Sonant

● Diphthong

● Fricative

● Implosive

● Phonetic entity

● Phonetic unit

● Plosive

● Sibilant

● Spirant

● Syllable

● Vocable


Opposite/Antonyms of Affricate:

-


Sentence/Example of Affricate:

The affricate in words like gaol is of French origin (gele), from a Late Lat.

Here, the j is to be pronounced as a double letter (technically an affricate) as in English.