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affricate

/'æfrəkɪt/

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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')
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affricate consonant affricative

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obstruent

Definition that contains affricate

affrication the conversion of a simple stop consonant into an affricate