affricate
noun/ˈæfrɪkət/
Frequency rank: #19,972 most common English word
Meaning
A speech sound consisting of a stop followed immediately by a fricative, such as the 'ch' in 'church'.
Example sentence
The linguist explained that the sound at the start of 'church' is affricate produced by combining a stop and a fricative.
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