the changing of (a consonantal speech sound) to an affricate
affrication in American English
(ˌæfrɪˈkeɪʃən)
noun
Phonetics
the changing of a stop into an affricate
affrication in American English
(ˌæfrɪˈkeiʃən)
noun
Phonetics
the act or process of changing a stop sound to an affricate
Word origin
[1930–40; affricate + -ion]-ion is a suffix, appearing in words of Latin origin, denoting action or condition, usedin Latin and in English to form nouns from stems of Latin adjectives (communion; union), verbs (legion; opinion), and esp. past participles (allusion; creation; fusion; notion; torsion)