affricate
/ˈæf.rɪ.kət/
noun
- A speech sound that starts as a stop (complete closure of the vocal tract) and then releases as a fricative (a narrow passage causing friction). Examples in English are the 'ch' in 'church' and the 'j' in 'judge'.
- In English, the affricate /dʒ/ appears at the beginning of the word 'jump'.
- Linguistics students learn to identify affricates by their combination of stop and fricative features.
- The 'ch' sound in 'cheese' is an affricate.