noun. 1. a sound or noise stemming from talk or conversation of plosive, and subsequently, a fricative. 2. a wide myelinated fiber belonging to the somatosensory system.

(n) a composite speech sound consisting of a stop and a fricative articulated at the same point (as `ch' in `chair' and `j' in `joy')

Pronunciation ˈæfrɪkət The name of a manner of articulation. Affricates are articulated in a manner similar to plosives in that they are oral stop consonants. The release of an affricate, however, is [..]

A phonetic segment which consists of a stop followed immediately by a fricative. Affricates act as units phonologically and are synchronically indivisible, e.g. /tʃ/ in church /tʃɜ:tʃ/ or judge /dʒʌdʒ [..]

a speech sound characterized by a "stop" (no air flow) followed immediately by a "fricative" (slow release of air that creates friction) e.g. "ch" [..]