Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.
AFFRICATIVE
affricate, affricate consonant, affricative
(noun) a composite speech sound consisting of a stop and a fricative articulated at the same point (as ‘ch’ in ‘chair’ and ‘j’ in ‘joy’)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
affricative (plural affricatives)
An affricate.
Adjective
affricative (not comparable)
Of or relating to an affricate.
Source: Wiktionary
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