1. producing or pronouncing an affricate (a consonant sound that begins as a stop and releases as a fricative, such as the 'ch' in 'church')
Usage: linguistics; phonetics

1. of, relating to, or characterized by an affricate sound
Usage: linguistics; phonetics

Examples

• The speaker was affricating the initial consonant in the word 'church'.
• In English, the 'ch' sound is an affricating consonant.
• Linguists study how different languages use affricating sounds.
• The child learned to pronounce affricating sounds by age five.
• Some dialects differ in how they are affricating certain consonants.