[uh-frik-uh-tiv, af-ruh-key-] 
Phonetics| 1. | affricate (def. 1). |
| 2. | of or pertaining to an affricate. |
| 3. | articulated as an affricate. |
[n. af-ri-kit; v. af-ri-keyt] noun, verb, -cat⋅ed, -cat⋅ing. Phonetics| 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. |
| 2. | to change the pronunciation of (a stop) to an affricate, esp. by releasing (the stop) slowly. |
| af·fri·cate (āf'rĭ-kĭt) n. A complex speech sound consisting of a stop consonant followed by a fricative; for example, the initial sounds of child and joy. Also called affricative. [Latin affricātus, past participle of affricāre, to rub against : ad-, ad- + fricāre, to rub.] |
| af·fric·a·tive (ə-frĭk'ə-tĭv) adj. Of, relating to, or forming an affricate. n. See affricate. |
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