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Affricative Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -ive

Affricative has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

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

2

An affricate.

Adjective
1

Of or relating to an affricate.

See Also
affricate soft c
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
obstruent
Rhyming Words
vive zive give yive jive wive tive rive five bive dive live hive skive blive shive alive snive chive swive
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