affrication

English

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /æfɹɪˈkeɪʃən/
Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

affrication (countable and uncountable, plural affrications)

(phonetics, uncountable, of a consonant) Becoming an affricate sound.
(countable) A particular instance of such change.

Related terms

deaffrication

Translations

the process of becoming an affricate

Portuguese: africação f

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