AFFRICATE

[af.fri.cate] n [prob. fr. G Affrikata, fr. L affricata, fem. of affricatus, pp. of affricare to rub against, fr. ad- + fricare to rub--more at friction] (1880): 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 n or adj