Relating to or having the nature of an affricate; describing a consonant with affricate qualities.
From 'affricate' + the adjectival suffix '-ive,' creating an adjective form of the noun.
The term 'affricative' is less common than 'affricate,' but linguists use it when discussing how sounds function in language—it's the adjectival form that feels more technical and precise.
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