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Showing words for AFFRICATE using the English dictionary

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