affricate

noun

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.

verb (used with object), af·fri·cat·ed, af·fri·cat·ing.

2. to change the pronunciation of (a stop) to an affricate, especially by releasing (the stop) slowly.

noun

1. a composite speech sound consisting of a stop and a fricative articulated at the same point, such as the sound written ch, as in chair