1. affricate - Noun
2. affricate - Verb
a composite speech sound consisting of a stop and a fricative articulated at the same point (as `ch' in `chair' and `j' in `joy')
Source: WordNetClicks may be oral or nasal, stop or affricate, central or lateral, voiced or voiceless. Source: Internet
A doubled aspirated affricate has a longer hold in the stop portion and then has a release consisting of the fricative and aspiration. Source: Internet
Consonants The consonant system is more complicated, and its characteristic features are series of affricate and palatal consonants. Source: Internet
Despite this variation, there are some common characteristics to nearly all of the dialects of New Latin, for instance: * The use of a sibilant fricative or affricate in place of a stop for the letters c and sometimes g, when preceding a front vowel. Source: Internet
In the westernmost parts of the Basque country, only the apical s and the alveolar affricate tz are used. Source: Internet
The letter t corresponds to the affricate /tʃ/ in some words as a result of yod-coalescence (for example, in words ending in "-ture", such as future). Source: Internet