noun see: 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 ), affricative noun or adjective
AFFRICATE
Meaning of AFFRICATE in English
Merriam Webster. Explanatory English dictionary Merriam Webster. Толковый словарь английского языка Мерриам-Уэбстер. 2012