9 Letter Words for Affricate
affricate
7 Letter Words for Affricate
affaire, affaite, arefact, artefac, traffic
6 Letter Words for Affricate
acater, acrita, acrite, affair, affear, affect, affeir, affret, africa, afrite, arcate, caffer, carafe, carate, cerata, certif, facier, farcie, farfet, fiacre, fracti, raffia, refait, taffia, tarefa, tariff, tercia, triace, tricae
5 Letter Words for Affricate
acari, acate, aceta, acier, aecia, aeric, aface, afear, afire, afret, afrit, after, arace, arati, arcae, areca, arite, artic, atria, caffa, carat, caret, carta, carte, cater, cerat, ceria, citer, craft, craie, crate, creta, ecart, erica, facer, facet, facie, facit, faire, farce, farci, fecit, feria, fifer, firca, fract, frate, frati, freit, irate, raffe, raita, react, reata, recit, recti, refit, retia, riata, rifte, tafia, taira, taraf, tarea, tarfa, tarie, terai, tiara, ticer, trace, trefa, treif, triac, trica, trice, trifa, triff
4 Letter Words for Affricate
acer, acre, acta, afar, afer, affa, afft, aire, airt, arca, area, aret, aria, arte, atar, atef, cafa, cafe, caff, cair, care, carf, cart, cate, cera, cert, ceti, cira, cire, cite, crit, eira, erat, eria, eric, etic, face, fact, fair, fait, fare, fart, fate, fear, feat, feif, feta, fiar, fiat, fica, fice, fict, fief, fier, fife, fire, frae, frat, fret, frit, iaea, iare, icer, iter, raca, race, raff, raft, raia, rait, rata, rate, rect, reft, reif, reit, rice, rife, riff, rift, rita, rite, taar, tace, tara, tare, tari, tear, teca, teff, tera, terf, tiar, tice, tier, tiff, tire, trac, trie
3 Letter Words for Affricate
ace, act, aer, aff, aft, aia, air, ait, ara, arc, are, arf, art, ate, caf, cai, car, cat, cer, cfi, cia, cie, cif, cir, cit, crt, cte, ctf, ctr, ear, eat, ect, eff, eft, eir, era, erf, ert, eta, etc, fac, far, fat, fec, fei, fer, fet, ffa, fie, fir, fit, fra, fri, frt, iaa, ice, ifc, ife, iff, ira, ire, ita, raf, rai, rat, rct, rea, rec, ref, rei, ria, rie, rif, rit, rte, rti, taa, tai, tar, tea, tec, tef, ter, tfr, tic, tie, tra, trf, tri
Definitions for Affricate
[1] Also called affricative. a speech sound comprising occlusion, plosion, and frication, as either of the ch- sounds in church and the j- sound in joy.
[2] to change the pronunciation of (a stop) to an affricate, especially by releasing (the stop) slowly.
[3] a composite speech sound consisting of a stop and a fricative articulated at the same point, such as the sound written ch, as in chair
Words related to Affricate
click, consonant, liquid, phone, sonant, diphthong, fricative, implosive, plosive, sibilant, spirant, syllable, vocable
Words nearby Affricate
affranchise, affray, affrayer, affreight, affreightment, affricate, affrication, affricative, affright, affront, affrontive
Origin of Affricate
1875–85; < Latin affricātus rubbed against (past participle of affricāre ), equivalent to af- af- + fric- (see friction) + -ātus -ate1
Word origin for Affricate
C19: from Latin affricāre to rub against, from fricāre to rub; compare friction
Synonyms for Affricate
click, consonant, diphthong, fricative, implosive, liquid, phone, phonetic entity, phonetic unit, plosive, sibilant, sonant, spirant, syllable, vocable
