affricate

[ noun af-ri-kit; verb af-ri-keyt ]

/ noun ˈæf rɪ kɪt; verb ˈæf rɪˌkeɪt /

Phonetics

Also called affricative. a speech sound comprising occlusion, plosion, and frication, as either of the ch-sounds in church and the j-sound in joy.

to change the pronunciation of (a stop) to an affricate, especially by releasing (the stop) slowly.

Origin of affricate

1875–85; < Latin affricātus rubbed against (past participle of affricāre), equivalent to af- af- + fric- (see friction) + -ātus -ate¹

Here, the j is to be pronounced as a double letter (technically an affricate) as in English.

The Comic Latin Grammar |Percival Leigh
The affricate in words like gaol is of French origin (gele), from a Late Lat.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 |Various

affricate

/ (ˈæfrɪkɪt) /

a composite speech sound consisting of a stop and a fricative articulated at the same point, such as the sound written ch, as in chair

C19: from Latin affricāre to rub against, from fricāre to rub; compare friction