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Table of Contents -- sibilant POS
HYPHEN
WORDNET DICTIONARY
CIDE DICTIONARY
OXFORD DICTIONARY
ROGET THESAURUS

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sibilant

POS

Adjective, Noun

HYPHEN

sib=i=lant

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun sibilant has 1 sense

sibilant(n = noun.communication) sibilant consonant - a consonant characterized by a hissing sound (like s or sh);

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');

Derived forms noun sibilant₁, verb sibilate₄, verb sibilate₂, verb sibilate₁

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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]

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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.

Derivative

sibilance n. sibilancy n.

Etymology

L sibilare sibilant- hiss

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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.