affricate
Stop-then-friction sound
An affricate is a consonant sound that begins as a stop (airflow completely blocked) and releases into a fricative (airflow partially blocked with friction).
English has two: the "ch" in church and the "j" in judge.
The term comes from Latin for "to rub against."
Consonant with blocked release
- closureSense of emotional resolution
- releaseTo let go
- turbulenceChaotic flow patterns
- alveolarOf tooth sockets
postalveolar · dental · palate · tongue · teeth · stricture · manner · place
Place of Christian worship
- judgeOne who decides
- jazzImprovisational American music genre
- pizzaTopped flatbread dish
- natureInherent quality or disposition
measure · pleasure · treasure · feature · leisure · casual · crucial · occasion
Rate of recurrence
- amplitudeMaximum oscillation displacement
- waveformGraphed oscillation pattern
- spectrogramFrequency-over-time display
- turbulenceChaotic flow patterns
burst · noise · resonance · harmonics · duration · onset · transition
plosive
Consonant with blocked release
- closureSense of emotional resolution
- releaseTo let go
- turbulenceChaotic flow patterns
alveolar · postalveolar · dental · palate · tongue · teeth · stricture · manner · place · voiced
church
Place of Christian worship
nature · measure · pleasure · treasure · feature · leisure · casual · crucial · occasion · fuchsia
frequency
Rate of recurrence
- amplitudeMaximum oscillation displacement
- waveformGraphed oscillation pattern
- spectrogramFrequency-over-time display
turbulence · burst · noise · resonance · harmonics · duration · onset · transition
phoneme
Minimal distinctive sound unit
IPA
Sound notation system
- transcriptionWritten version of speech
- digraphTwo letters, one sound
- trigraphThree letters, one sound
- speech & phoneticsconsonants, vowels, phonemes, syllables, fricatives
- phoneticsphonemes, phoneme, vocal folds, consonants, vowels
- speech soundsvowel, diphthong, nasal, monophthong, vocal folds
- consonantsd, h, q, r, w
- IPA symbolsschwa, theta, tie bar, small caps, implosive
- Pinyinpinyin, initials, finals, tones, neutral tone