af‧fri‧cate /ˈæfrɪkət, ˈæfrɪkɪt/ noun [countable] technical
[Date: 1800-1900; Language: Latin; Origin: past participle of affricare 'to rub against', from ad- 'to' + fricare 'to rub']
a plosive sound such as /t/ or /d/ that is immediately followed by a fricative sound made in the same part of the mouth, such as /s/ or /ʒ/. The word ‘church’, for example, contains the affricate /tʃ/.

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