AFFRICATION

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The conversion of a simple stop consonant into an affricate

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("affrication" is a kind of...):

articulation (the aspect of pronunciation that involves bringing articulatory organs together so as to shape the sounds of speech)

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