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AFFRICATION

Pronunciation (US):

• AFFRICATION (noun)
The noun AFFRICATION has 1 sense:

1. the conversion of a simple stop consonant into an affricate

Familiarity information: AFFRICATION used as a noun is very rare.

• AFFRICATION (noun)

Sense 1

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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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(Nigerian proverb)
"If someone isn't handsome by nature, it's useless for them to wash over and over again."
(Corsican proverb)

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