affricate

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affricate - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.]

affricate - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  affricate
      n 1: 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, affricate consonant,
           affricative]