sibilation

English

Etymology

Latin sibilatio, from sībilāre (“to hiss”), present active infinitive of sībilō.

Noun

sibilation (countable and uncountable, plural sibilations)

1. A hissing sound.
   • 1962, Sir Monier Monier-Williams, A practical grammar of the Sanskrit language‎^[1], page 18:

     The exact labial sibilation denoted by f, and the soft sibilation z are unknown in Sanskrit.

   From the shadows emanated a hushed sibilation.

Related terms

• sibilate