n.
Pronunciation: ' a-fri-k ə t
Function: noun
Etymology: probably from German Affrikata, from Latin affricata, feminine of affricatus, past participle of affricare to rub against, from ad- + fricare to rub ― more at 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 )
– af · fric · a · tive \ a- ' fri-k ə -tiv, ə - \ noun or adjective