ALL meanings of affricate
af·fri·cate
A a - noun affricate a composite speech sound consisting of a stop and a fricative articulated at the same point, such as the sound written ch, as in chair 3
- noun affricate a complex sound articulated by the slow release of a stop consonant followed immediately by a fricative at the same place of articulation in the mouth: the English affricates are the voiceless (ch) as in batch ( IPA [tʃ]) and the voiced (j) as in badge ( IPA [dʒ]) 3
- noun affricate A phoneme that combines a plosive with an immediately following fricative or spirant sharing the same place of articulation, e.g., ch as in chair and j as in jar. 1
- noun affricate Also called affricative. a speech sound comprising occlusion, plosion, and frication, as either of the ch- sounds in church and the j- sound in joy. 1
- verb with object affricate to change the pronunciation of (a stop) to an affricate, especially by releasing (the stop) slowly. 1
- noun affricate (phonetics) A sound produced using a combination of a plosive and a fricative. English sounds /t͡ʃ/ (catch) and /d͡ʒ/ (jury) are examples. 0