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affricative

affricative noun: an affricate.

Noun

affricative (plural affricatives)

  1. An affricate.

Adjective

affricative (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to an affricate.

Forms of affricative

pluralaffricatives

Origin of affricative

From affricate + -ive.

Words formed from affricative

Questions about affricative

What does affricative mean?
Affricative means an affricate.
What part of speech is affricative?
Affricative can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of affricative?
The plural of affricative is affricatives.

Words near affricative in the dictionary

  1. affricated
  2. affricates
  3. affricating
  4. affrication
  5. affrications
  6. affricative
  7. affricatives
  8. affricativization
  9. affricatization
  10. affricatize
  11. affricatized

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