noun
fricative; fricative consonant
Linguistics term for a consonant produced by forcing air through a narrow channel, creating friction. Examples include /s/, /z/, /f/, /v/, /ʃ/, /ʒ/.
英語の「f」や「v」は摩擦音です。
English 'f' and 'v' are fricatives.
日本語の「さしすせそ」の子音は摩擦音に分類
The consonants in Japanese 'sa, shi, su, se, so' are classified as fricatives.
破擦音 (affricate) begins as a plosive and releases as a fricative, combining features of both.
Compound of 摩擦 (まさつ, 'friction') + 音 (おん, 'sound'), a straightforward calque of the Western linguistic term 'fricative'.