affricate

(ăf'rĭ-kĭt)
n.
A complex speech sound consisting of a stop consonant followed by a fricative; for example, the initial sounds of child and joy. Also called affricative.

[Latin affricātus, past participle of affricāre, to rub against : ad-, ad- + fricāre, to rub.]

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• Phonetics - affricate: consonant sound involving complete closure in vocal tract gradually released with audible friction

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