affrication

English

Pronunciation

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

Noun

affrication (countable and uncountable, plural affrications)

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

Related terms

• deaffrication

Translations

the process of becoming an affricate

• French: affrication (fr) f
• Italian: affricazione
• Portuguese: africação f
• Russian: аффрикация f (affrikacija)
• Spanish: africación (es)