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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
Derived Forms
- ˈsibilance, noun
- ˈsibilantly, adverb
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
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of sibilant1
Example Sentences
When addressing Neo as “Mister Anderson” with a decidedly sibilant ess as robotic as it is arrogant, Weaving makes his character’s disaffected voice unsettling precisely because of how familiar it sounds.
In another passage, the players briefly whisper sibilants; a series of sliding glissandos in a double bass near the end, almost vocal, feels like a tiny, impeded aria.
They called out to each other in a flowing, sibilant tongue.
Even their language sets them apart from their neighbors: an invisible barrier of sibilants and elided vowels that always sounds like music to me.
The sibilant sound of the rattlesnake's tail has long been a movie cliché.
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