sibilant
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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Related terms edit
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 |