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/.
English 'f' and 'v' are fricatives.
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'.