Affricate

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

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


     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  affricate
       n : a composite speech sound consisting of a stop and a
           fricative articulated at the same point (as `ch' in
           `chair' and `j' in `joy') [syn: {affricate consonant}, {affricative}]