1) Fricative 2) Hissing 3) Hissing sound 4) Like sissies 5) Soft 6) Spirant
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1) Fricative 2) Spirant
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Sibilance is a manner of articulation of fricative and affricate consonants, made by directing a stream of air with the tongue towards the sharp edge of the teeth, which are held close together; a consonant that uses sibilance may be called a sibilant. Examples of sibilants are the consonants at the beginning of the English words sip, zip, ship, c...
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• (a.) Making a hissing sound; uttered with a hissing sound; hissing; as, s, z, sh, and zh, are sibilant elementary sounds. • (n.) A sibiliant letter.
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in phonetics, a fricative consonant sound, in which the tip, or blade, of the tongue is brought near the roof of the mouth and air is pushed past ... [2 related articles]
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Hissing or whistling in character; denoting a form of rale. ... Origin: L. Sibilans (-ant-), pres. P. Of sibilo, to hiss ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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(sib´ĭ-lәnt) shrill, whistling, or hissing.
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In linguistics, any hissing sound made with a groove down the center of the tongue.
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Sib'i·lant adjective [ Latin
sibilans ,
-antis , present participle of
sibilare to hiss: confer French
sibilant .] Making a hissing sound; uttered with a hissing sound; hissing; as,
s ,
z ,
sh , and
zh , are
sibilant elementary sounds....
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Type: Term Pronunciation: sib′i-lănt Definitions: 1. Hissing or whistling in character; denoting a form of rhonchus.
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having, containing, or producing the sound of or a sound resembling that of the s or the sh in sash.
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n] - a consonant characterized by a hissing sound (like s or sh)
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sibilant consonant noun a consonant characterized by a hissing sound (like s or sh)
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A sound which is pronounced with clear, hissing friction which is reminiscent of either /s/ or /ʃ/.
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