affricate

UK: /ˈæfrɪkɪt/ US: (n. af′ri kit; v. af′ri kāt′)

Inflections of 'affricate' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

affricates

v 3rd person singular

affricating

v pres p

affricated

v past

affricated

v past p

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

af•fri•cate  (n. af′ri kit;v. af′ri kāt′), n., v., -cat•ed, -cat•ing. [Phonet.]
n. 

1. Phonetics 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.

v.t. 

2. Phonetics to change the pronunciation of (a stop) to an affricate, esp. by releasing (the stop) slowly.

• Latin affricātus rubbed against (past participle of affricāre), equivalent. to af- af- + fric- (see friction) + -ātus -ate¹
• 1875–85

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affricate / ˈæfrɪkɪt/ noun

1. 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

Etymology: 19th Century: from Latin affricāre to rub against, from fricāre to rub; compare friction