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BNC: 44541 COCA: 33633

sibilant

1 sibilant /ˈsɪbələnt/ adjective
1 sibilant
/ˈsɪbələnt/
adjective
Learner's definition of SIBILANT
formal
: making or having a sound like the letters s or sh发咝音的;发出咝咝声的
2 sibilant /ˈsɪbələnt/ noun
plural sibilants
2 sibilant
/ˈsɪbələnt/
noun
plural sibilants
Learner's definition of SIBILANT
[count] technical
: a sibilant sound (such as \s\ or \z\)咝音
BNC: 44541 COCA: 33633

sibilant

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adjective

sib·​i·​lant ˈsi-bə-lənt How to pronounce sibilant (audio)
: having, containing, or producing the sound of or a sound resembling that of the s or the sh in sash
a sibilant affricate
a sibilant snake
sibilantly adverb

sibilant

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noun

: a sibilant speech sound (such as English \s\, \z\, \sh\, \zh\, \ch(=tsh)\, or \j(=dzh)\)

Example Sentences

Adjective the sibilant hiss of a snake
Recent Examples on the Web
Adjective
The Mammoth handles those frequencies without ever being harsh or sibilant, yet the sound is never woolly or muffled. Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2021 Mandarin Chinese, for example, is packed with sibilant and strident sounds like English, where air is pushed with more force through the mucus membranes. Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 11 June 2020 The five-minute piece, written by Jason Eckardt, consists of cries, truncated syllables and sharp sibilant sounds that appear to resemble someone angrily shushing herself. New York Times, 21 Nov. 2019 Here Comes the Sun’ (RCA/Victor, 1971) A stark, sibilant cover with abundant harp and tape hiss, Nina Simone’s take on the Beatles was a mainstay of early mornings (and afternoons) at Loft parties. Aaron Gonsher, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2020 Descriptions of the trend pioneered by the siblings were sibilant: soccer-style, sidewinder, sidesaddle. Michael Farber, SI.com, 2 July 2018 But Jones has just bumped through a remarkable house set, the room is as crowded as it's been all weekend and the German minimal techno DJ Michael Mayer is opening his set with a sibilant cluster of synths and dots of midrange melody. Randall Roberts, latimes.com, 23 Apr. 2018 When a semi-celebrity graduate of their program is mentioned, the girls hiss her name in sibilant wonder and envy. New York Times, 8 May 2018
Noun
The insectivorous choruses actually synchronize their sibilant symphonies in a deafening, but gorgeous, hum. Ross Kenneth Urken, Scientific American, 14 June 2021 See More

Word History

Etymology

Adjective

Latin sibilant-, sibilans, present participle of sibilare to hiss, whistle, of imitative origin

First Known Use

Adjective

1669, in the meaning defined above

Noun

1788, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of sibilant was in 1669
BNC: 44541 COCA: 33633

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