affricate:
a complex consonant which consists of a
stop followed immediately by a
fricative at the same or nearly the same
place of articulation.
E.g.
the affricate "ch"
[
]
consists of the alveolar stop [t]
followed by the palato-alveolar fricative
[
].
See
manner of articulation;
compare
obstruent.
[Spanish:
africado]
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