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View synonyms for sibilant
sibilant
[ sib-uh-luhnt ]
adjective
- Phonetics. characterized by a hissing sound; noting sounds like those spelled with s in this [th, is], rose [rohz], pressure [presh, -er], pleasure [plezh, -er], and certain similar uses of ch, sh, z, zh, etc.
noun
- Phonetics. a sibilant consonant.
sibilant
/ ˈsɪbɪlənt /
adjective
- phonetics relating to or denoting the consonants (s, z, / ʃ /, / ʒ /), all pronounced with a characteristic hissing sound
- having a hissing sound
the sibilant sound of wind among the leaves
noun
- a sibilant consonant
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Derived Forms
- ˈsibilance, noun
- ˈsibilantly, adverb
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Other Words From
- sib·i·lance [sib, -, uh, -l, uh, ns] sib·i·lan·cy [sib, -, uh, -l, uh, n-see] noun
- sib·i·lant·ly adverb
- non·sib·i·lant adjective noun
- non·sib·i·lant·ly adverb
- sub·sibi·lant adjective noun
- sub·sib·i·lant·ly adverb
- un·sib·i·lant adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of sibilant1
C17: from Latin sībilāre to hiss, of imitative origin; compare Greek sizein to hiss
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Example Sentences
But she only lifted a warning finger and made a sibilant sound with her lips, adjuring silence.
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Exemplify the sibilant impurity with such syllables as pish, false, traitress, miscreant.
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But out of the muck-heap I picked five pearls—four sibilant nouns and a name that I knew before.
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Grace whispered, but the sibilant swish of sounds seemed more resonant than an outspoken address might have.
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The tones were first high, then low, never guttural, and possessed a certain sibilant quality.
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