sibilant
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin sībilāns, present active participle of sībilō (“I hiss”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
sibilant (comparative more sibilant, superlative most sibilant)
- Characterized by a hissing or hushing sound such as the s or sh in sack or shack.
- 1960 July 11, Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, Philadelphia, Pa., New York, N.Y.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, →OCLC:
- 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."
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
characterized by a hissing sound
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Noun[edit]
sibilant (plural sibilants)
- (phonetics) A consonant having a hissing or hushing sound such as the s or sh in sack or shack.
- 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[edit]
Translations[edit]
phonetics: a hissing sound
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Anagrams[edit]
Danish[edit]
Noun[edit]
sibilant
Declension[edit]
Declension of sibilant
common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | sibilant | sibilanten | sibilanter | sibilanterne |
genitive | sibilants | sibilantens | sibilanters | sibilanternes |
Synonyms[edit]
Dutch[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Hyphenation: si‧bi‧lant
Noun[edit]
sibilant c (plural sibilanten, diminutive sibilantje n)
Synonyms[edit]
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
sibilant (feminine sibilante, masculine plural sibilants, feminine plural sibilantes)
Further reading[edit]
- “sibilant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin[edit]
Verb[edit]
sībilant
Romanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French sibilant.
Adjective[edit]
sibilant m or n (feminine singular sibilantă, masculine plural sibilanți, feminine and neuter plural sibilante)
Declension[edit]
Declension of sibilant
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | sibilant | sibilantă | sibilanți | sibilante | ||
definite | sibilantul | sibilanta | sibilanții | sibilantele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | sibilant | sibilante | sibilanți | sibilante | ||
definite | sibilantului | sibilantei | sibilanților | sibilantelor |
Serbo-Croatian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
sibìlant m (Cyrillic spelling сибѝлант)
Declension[edit]
Declension of sibilant
singular | plural | |
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nominative | sibìlant | sibilanti |
genitive | sibilanta | sibìlanātā |
dative | sibilantu | sibilantima |
accusative | sibilant | sibilante |
vocative | sibilante | sibilanti |
locative | sibilantu | sibilantima |
instrumental | sibilantom | sibilantima |
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