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sibilation
English
Etymology
Latin sibilatio, from s?bil?re (“to hiss”), present active infinitive of s?bil?.
Noun
sibilation (countable and uncountable, plural sibilations)
- A hissing sound.
- From the shadows emanated a hushed sibilation.
Related terms
- sibilate
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sibilant
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)
- 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."
- She had a curious habit of prefacing everything she said with a soft sibilant sound.
- 1960: Harper Lee, To Kill A Mockingbird
Derived terms
- sibilantly
Translations
Noun
sibilant (plural sibilants)
- (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
- (phonetics) sibilant
Declension
Synonyms
- hvislelyd
Dutch
Pronunciation
Hyphenation: si?bi?lant
Noun
sibilant c (plural sibilanten, diminutive sibilantje n)
- sibilant
Synonyms
- sisklank
Latin
Verb
s?bilant
- 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)
- sibilant
Declension
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sib?lant/
- Hyphenation: si?bi?lant
Noun
sibìlant m (Cyrillic spelling ????????)
- (phonetics) sibilant
Declension
Synonyms
- (sibilant): p?skavac
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