affricate

noun

af·fri·cate ˈa-fri-kət

: a stop and its immediately following release into a fricative that are considered to constitute a single phoneme (such as the \t\ and \sh\ of \ch\ in choose)

affricative

a-ˈfri-kə-tiv

ə-

noun or adjective

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from German Affrikata, borrowed from Latin affricāta, feminine of affricātus, past participle of affricāre "to rub (one thing against another)," from ad- ad- + fricāre "to rub, chafe" — more at friction

First Known Use

1876, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler

The first known use of affricate was in 1876

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