affricate : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: affricate	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for affricate
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
affricate n a composite speech sound consisting of a stop and a fricative articulated at the same point (as `ch' in `chair' and `j' in `joy') Synonym(s): affricate, affricate consonant, affricative
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Affricate \Af"fri*cate\, n. [L. affricatus, p. p. of affricare to rub against; af- = ad- + fricare to rub.] (Phon.) A combination of a stop, or explosive, with an immediately following fricative or spirant of corresponding organic position, as pf in german Pfeffer, pepper, z (= ts) in German Zeit, time.