different between sibilate vs sibilant

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin s?bil?tus, past participle of s?bil?. Doublet of siffle.

Verb

sibilate (third-person singular simple present sibilates, present participle sibilating, simple past and past participle sibilated)

1. To hiss.
2. To speak with a hissing sound.

Anagrams

• albitise, tibiales

Interlingua

Participle

sibilate

1. past participle of sibilar

Italian

Verb

sibilate

1. second-person plural present indicative of sibilare
2. second-person plural imperative of sibilare
3. feminine plural of sibilato

Anagrams

• bestiali, istabile

Latin

Verb

s?bil?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of s?bil?

English

Etymology

From Latin s?bil?ns, present active participle of s?bil? (“I hiss”).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /?s?b.?.l?nt/

Adjective

sibilant (comparative more sibilant, superlative most sibilant)

1. Characterized by a hissing sound such as the "s" or "sh" in sash or surge.
   • 1960: Harper Lee, To Kill A Mockingbird

     She had a curious habit of prefacing everything she said with a soft sibilant sound.
     "S-s-s Grace," she said, "it's just like I was telling Brother Hutson the other day. 'S-s-s Brother Hutson,' I said, 'looks like we're fighting a losing battle, a losing battle.' I said."

Derived terms

• sibilantly

Translations

Noun

sibilant (plural sibilants)

1. (phonetics) A consonant having a hissing sound such as the 's' or 'sh' in 'sash' or 'surge'.

   Synonym: groove fricative

   Hypernym: fricative

   • 1955: H. A. Gleason, An Introduction to Descriptive Linguistics, page 194, section 14.7

     Groove fricatives all have more or less of an [s]-like quality, and are for this reason sometimes called sibilants.

Derived terms

• shibilant

Translations

Related terms

• sibilance
• sibilancy
• sibilate
• sibilation

Anagrams

• astilbin

Danish

Noun

sibilant

1. (phonetics) sibilant

Declension

Synonyms

• hvislelyd

Dutch

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: si?bi?lant

Noun

sibilant c (plural sibilanten, diminutive sibilantje n)

1. sibilant

Synonyms

• sisklank

Latin

Verb

s?bilant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of s?bil?

Romanian

Etymology

From French sibilant.

Adjective

sibilant m or n (feminine singular sibilant?, masculine plural sibilan?i, feminine and neuter plural sibilante)

1. sibilant

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sib?lant/
• Hyphenation: si?bi?lant

Noun

sibìlant m (Cyrillic spelling ????????)

1. (phonetics) sibilant

Declension

Synonyms

• (sibilant): p?skavac