Definition of Affricates

1. Noun. (plural of affricate) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Affricates

1. affricate [v] - See also: affricate

Lexicographical Neighbors of Affricates

affrays
affreight
affreighted
affreighter
affreighters
affreighting
affreightment
affreightments
affreights
affret
affrets
affrettando
affricate
affricate consonant
affricated
affricates (current term)
affricating
affrication
affrications
affricative
affricatives
affriction
affrictions
affriended
affright
affrighted
affrightedly
affrighten
affrightened
affrightening

Literary usage of Affricates

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Short Manual of Comparative Philology for Classical Students by Peter Giles (1901)
"... aspirates is the affricates.1 These consist of a stop followed by the corresponding spirant when both belong to the same syllable, as in German pferd, ..."

2. A Manual of Sanskrit Phonetics: In Comparison with the Indogermanic Mother by Christianus Cornelius Uhlenbeck (1898)
"Palatal affricates. § 94. Skr. c. Skr. c in general represents idg. q, k before palatal Towels and i. Skr. c = idg. q : skr. caru-s , pot , kettle , icel. ..."

3. Toda Grammar and Texts by Murray Barnson Emeneau (1984)
"Invariable voiceless stops and affricates; invariable voiced stops and affricates; invariable voiced r and w. There is no difficulty in identifying ..."

4. Toda Grammar and Texts by Murray Barnson Emeneau (1984)
"Invariable voiceless stops and affricates; invariable voiced stops and affricates; invariable voiced r and w. There is no difficulty in identifying ..."

5. From Latin to Spanish by Paul M. Lloyd (1987)
"One complicating factor that has not been emphasized is the matter of the adequacy of medieval spelling of these affricates. Menendez Pidal remarks in ..."

6. Historical Outlines of English Accidence, Comprising Chapters on the History by Richard Morris (1899)
"affricates are complex sounds produced by beginning to pronounce an explosive and changing it into a spirant. English has two affricates, ch in Murch (ts) ..."

7. Sound Systems: Explicit, Systematic Phonics in Early Literacy Contexts by Anna Lyon, Paula Moore (2002)
"Mr. Porter met with Michael for an individual conference on affricates, ... Mr. Porter wasn't sure if Michael was having trouble with affricates or with ..."

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