n. /af"ri kit/ ; v. /af"ri kayt'/ , n. , v. , affricated, affricating . Phonet.
n.
1. 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. to change the pronunciation of (a stop) to an affricate, esp. by releasing (the stop) slowly.
[ 1875-85; affricatus rubbed against (ptp. of affricare ), equiv. to af- AF- + fric- (see FRICTION) + -atus -ATE 1 ]