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