noun
affricate; affricative
Linguistics term for a consonant that begins as a stop and releases as a fricative, such as [ts] or [tʃ].
日本語の「つ」の子音は破擦音です。
The consonant in Japanese 'tsu' is an affricate.
破擦音には [ts] や [dʒ] などがある。
Affricates include sounds like [ts] and [dʒ].
摩擦音 (fricative) is produced by forcing air through a narrow channel, without the initial stop closure that characterizes 破擦音.
Compound of 破 (ha, 'break') + 擦 (satsu, 'rub') + 音 (on, 'sound'), describing a sound that breaks and then rubs. The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the spelling is conventionally associated with the linguistic meaning.