Main Entry:

af·fri·cate

Pronunciation:

\ˈa-fri-kət\

Function:

noun

Etymology:

probably from German Affrikata, from Latin affricata, feminine of affricatus, past participle of affricare to rub against, from ad- + fricare to rub — more at friction

Date:

1891

: a stop and its immediately following release into a fricative that are considered to constitute a single phoneme (as the \t\ and \sh\ of \ch\ in choose)

— af·fric·a·tive \a-ˈfri-kə-tiv, ə-\ noun or adjective