:Affricate:

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 slower than that for a plosive, giving rise to the perception of a plosive followed by a brief homorganic fricative. Examples of affricates are and .