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suffricate

/ˈsʌf.ɹɪ.kət/

suffricate verb: to rub off.

Verb

suffricate (third-person singular simple present suffricates, present participle suffricating, simple past and past participle suffricated)

  1. To rub off.

Noun

suffricate (plural suffricates)

  1. A consonant that begins as a fricative and ends as a plosive.
    Antonyms:
    affricate

Antonyms of suffricate

Forms of suffricate

Verb
third-person singular presentsuffricates
present participlesuffricating
past participlesuffricated
pastsuffricated
Noun
pluralsuffricates

Origin of suffricate

From sub- (“up, under”) +fricatus, past participle of fricare.

Portmanteau of suffix and affricate.

Questions about suffricate

What does suffricate mean?
Suffricate means to rub off.
What part of speech is suffricate?
Suffricate can be a verb or a noun.
How do you pronounce suffricate?
Suffricate is pronounced /ˈsʌf.ɹɪ.kət/.
What is the past tense of suffricate?
The past tense of suffricate is suffricated.

Words near suffricate in the dictionary

  1. suffragitis
  2. suffrago
  3. suffrajitsu
  4. suffrance
  5. suffre
  6. suffricate
  7. suffricates
  8. suffrutescent
  9. suffrutex
  10. suffruticeous
  11. suffrutices

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