sifflement
English edit
Noun edit
sifflement (plural sifflements)
- A hissing sound.
- 1837, The American Journal of the Medical Sciences, page 368:
- The sifflement was heard over the region of the heart, a short distance on each side of the sternum, and under the clavicles.
French edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
sifflement m (plural sifflements)
- a whistling (action)
- whistle (sound)
- various hissing noises such as produced by a gush of wind, a diving bird or an air-piercing arrow (see sifflant).
- noises produced by certain animals resembling a whistling, said of snakes, marmots, or cats.
Further reading edit
- “sifflement”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.