Affricate (Noun)
Meaning
A composite speech sound consisting of a stop and a fricative articulated at the same point (as `ch' in `chair' and `j' in `joy').
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Examples
- The voiceless postalveolar affricate is a common sound in many languages, including English, where it is represented by the letters 'ch' in 'church'.
- In phonetics, the affricate /t͡ʃ/ is often used to describe the sound of the 'ch' in the word 'cheese'.
- The affricate /d͡ʒ/ is a voiced postalveolar sound found in words such as 'joy' and 'judge'.
- The voiceless alveolar affricate /t͡s/ is a sound found in some languages, including German and Italian.
- In the International Phonetic Alphabet, affricates are represented by combining the symbols for the corresponding stop and fricative sounds.