SIBILANT
\sˈɪbɪlənt], \sˈɪbɪlənt], \s_ˈɪ_b_ɪ_l_ə_n_t]\
Definitions of SIBILANT
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f'. `s', `z', or `th' (in both `thin' and `then'))
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a consonant characterized by a hissing sound (like s or sh)
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A hissing sound or a symbol standing for such a sound; as, s, sh, z, and zh are sibilants.
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Sibilance.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By James Champlin Fernald
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland