"affrication" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /æfɹɪˈkeɪʃən/ [US] Forms: affrications [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} affrication (countable and uncountable, plural affrications)
  1. (phonetics, uncountable, of a consonant) Becoming an affricate sound. Tags: uncountable Translations (the process of becoming an affricate): affrikoituminen (Finnish), affrication [feminine] (French), affricazione (Italian), afrykacja [feminine] (Polish), africação [feminine] (Portuguese), аффрикация (affrikacija) [feminine] (Russian), africación (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-affrication-en-noun-gM9p3FWT Categories (other): Phonetics Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, phonetics, phonology, sciences Disambiguation of 'the process of becoming an affricate': 97 3
  2. (countable) A particular instance of such change. Tags: countable
    Sense id: en-affrication-en-noun-t5sq~ahi Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 40 60 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 34 66 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 31 69 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 29 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 16 84
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: affricatization, affricativization Related terms: deaffrication

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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