sibilant
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sibilant
- /ˈsɪb.ɪ.lənt/ Australia, Canada, US
- /ˈsəb.ə.lənt/ New Zealand
Where it comes from
From Latin sībilāns, present active participle of sībilō (“to hiss”).
adjective more sibilant · most sibilant
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Characterized by a hissing or hushing sound such as the s or sh in sack or shack.
She sat a little higher than I, and whenever in her solitary ecstasy she was led to kiss me, her head would bend with a sleepy, soft, drooping movement that was almost woeful, and her bare knees caught and compressed my wrist, and slackened again; and her quivering mouth, distorted by the acridity o
Similar: hissing, hissy, sibilatory, sibilant, sibilous
noun sibilants
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A consonant having a hissing or hushing sound such as the s or sh in sack or shack.
Groove fricatives all have more or less of an [s]-like quality, and are for this reason sometimes called sibilants.
Similar: groove fricative
Translations
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adj characterized by a hissing sound
| Español | sibilante |
|---|---|
| Português | sibilante |
| Français | sifflant, sifflante |
| Ελληνικά | συριστικός syristikós |
| Română | sibilant |
| Русский | свистя́щий svistjáščij, шипя́щий šipjáščij, свистя́ще-шипя́щий svistjášče-šipjáščij |
| العربية | صَفِيرِيّ ṣafīriyy |
noun phonetics: a hissing sound
| Español | sibilante |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 歯音 shion, 歯擦音 shisatsuon |
| 中文 | 絲絲聲 /丝丝声, 咝咝声 sīsīshēng, 嘶擦音 sīcāyīn |
| Português | sibilante |
| Français | sifflante |
| Deutsch | Zischlaut, Sibilans, Sibilant |
| Русский | сибиля́нт sibiljánt, свистящий svistjaščij, шипя́щий šipjáščij, свистя́ще-шипя́щий svistjášče-šipjáščij |
| العربية | حَرْفُ صَفِير ḥarfu ṣafīr |
Talk about this word "sibilant." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/sibilant. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. sibilant. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/sibilant "sibilant." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/sibilant.Cite this
@misc{sibilant_2026,
title = {sibilant},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sibilant},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
