Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun affricate

1 sense of affricate

Sense 1
affricate, affricate consonant, affricative -- (a composite speech sound consisting of a stop and a fricative articulated at the same point (as `ch' in `chair' and `j' in `joy'))
       => obstruent -- (a consonant that is produced with a partial or complete blockage of the airflow from the lungs through the nose or mouth)