Množina: affricates

ETYM Latin affricatus, p. p. of affricare to rub against; af- = ad- + fricare to rub.
(Linguistics) A composite speech sound consisting of a stop and a fricative articulated at the same point (as 'ch' in 'chair' and 'j' in 'joy'); SYN. affricate consonant, affricative.
Consonant that begins as a plosive and ends as a fricative.

Množina: affricate consonants

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