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siberian spruce |
siberian wall flower |
sibilance |
sibilancy |
sibilant
| sibilant consonant
| sibilate
| sibilation
| sibilatory
| sibilous
sibilant
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun sibilant has 1 sense
- sibilant(n = noun.communication) sibilant consonant - a consonant characterized by a hissing sound (like s or sh); Array is a kind of fricative, fricative consonant, spirant
Derived forms verb assibilate2, verb assibilate1, adjective sibilant1, verb sibilate3, verb sibilate2, verb sibilate1
Adjective sibilant has 1 sense
- sibilant(s = adj.all) continuant, fricative, spirant, strident - of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f', `s', `z', or `th' in both `thin' and `then'); Array Derived forms noun sibilant1, verb sibilate4, verb sibilate2, verb sibilate1
CIDE DICTIONARY
sibilant, a. [L. sibilans, -antis, p. pr. of sibilare to hiss: cf. F. sibilant.].
Making a hissing sound; uttered with a hissing sound; hissing; as, s , z , sh , and zh , are sibilant elementary sounds. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
sibilant, adj. & n.
--adj.
1 (of a letter or set of letters, as s, sh) sounded with a hiss.
2 hissing (a sibilant whisper).
--n. a sibilant letter or letters.
--adj.
1 (of a letter or set of letters, as s, sh) sounded with a hiss.
2 hissing (a sibilant whisper).
--n. a sibilant letter or letters.
Derivative
sibilance n. sibilancy n.
Etymology
L sibilare sibilant- hiss
ROGET THESAURUS
sibilant
Sibilation
N sibilance, sibilation, zip, hiss, sternutation, high note, goose, serpent, snake (animal sounds), insect, bug, bee, mosquito, wasp, fly, tea kettle, pressure cooker, air valve, pressure release valve, safety valve, tires, air escaping from tires, punctured tire, escaping steam, steam, steam radiator, steam release valve, sibilant, hissing, wheezy, sternutative.
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