affricate

One entry found for affricate.

Main Entry: af·fri·cate
Pronunciation: 'a-fri-k&t
Function: noun
Etymology: probably from German Affrikata, from Latin affricata, feminine of affricatus, past participle of affricare to rub against, from ad- + fricare to rub -- more at FRICTION
: a stop and its immediately following release into a fricative that are considered to constitute a single phoneme (as the \t\ and \sh\ of \ch\ in choose)
- af·fric·a·tive /a-'fri-k&-tiv, &-/ noun or adjective