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af·fri·cate /ˈæfrɪkət/ noun [countableC] technical SLa plosive sound such as /t/ or /d/ that is immediately followed by a fricative sound made in the same part of the mouth, such as /s/ or /ʒ/. The word ‘church’, for example, contains the affricate /tʃ/. 破擦音