AFFRICATE

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

affricate (plural affricates)

(phonetics) A sound produced using a combination of a plosive and a fricative.

Synonym: affricative

Hypernym: obstruent

Verb

affricate (third-person singular simple present affricates, present participle affricating, simple past and past participle affricated)

(transitive) To produce (a plosive) as an affricate.

Source: Wiktionary

Af"fri*cate, n. [L. affricatus, p. p. of affricare to rub against; af- = ad- + fricare to rub.] (Phon.)

Definition: A combination of a stop, or explosive, with an immediately following fricative or spirant of corresponding organic position, as pf in german Pfeffer, pepper, z (= ts) in German Zeit, time.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition