1. a speech sound that begins as a stop consonant and releases as a fricative
Usage: linguistics; phonetics

1. relating to or being an affricate sound
Usage: linguistics; phonetics

Examples

• The ‘ch’ sound in ‘church’ is an affricate.
• The ‘j’ sound in ‘judge’ is another common affricate in English.
• Students learning phonetics must identify affricate consonants.
• The affricate sounds combine features of stops and fricatives.
• Many languages contain affricate phonemes in their sound systems.
• The pronunciation guide showed the affricate nature of the consonant.