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Noun: affricate  af-ru-kut
  1. A composite speech sound consisting of a stop and a fricative articulated at the same point (as 'ch' in 'chair' and 'j' in 'joy')
    - affricate consonant, affricative

Derived forms: affricates

Type of: obstruent

Encyclopedia: Affricate