Definition of sibilant in English:

sibilant

adjective ˈsɪbɪl(ə)ntˈsɪbələnt

1Making or characterized by a hissing sound.
his sibilant whisper
Example sentencesExamples
- There were shouts and laughter and sibilant whispers.
- We all spoke German, too, at the table - except when talking to the waitress, when we settled into sibilant cadences and sharp vowels.
- From the quiet strains of a young Henry Mancini to the jarring sibilant tones whenever the monster makes an appearance, it is a piece of movie history.
- You hear the sibilant whisper of gentle waves washing the shore and you know the sea is calm tonight.
- They were modulated, sibilant sounds, fairly deep, probably due to length of the throat.
2Phonetics
(of a speech sound) sounded with a hissing effect, for example s, sh.
Example sentencesExamples
- The addition of e before s after sibilant consonants (pass/passes) and final o (go/goes).
- Modern Portuguese is characterized by an abundance of sibilant and palatal consonants and a broad spectrum of vowel sounds (five nasal phonemes and eight to ten oral ones).
- English, Chinese, and Japanese all share sounds that involve very high rates of air flow out of the mouth - the sibilant fricatives.
- Though everyone else in the picture speaks in some variation of a British accent, poor Jolie has been given the Transylvanian throat-sucker's throaty, sibilant vowels, as well as a wardrobe of snakes.

noun ˈsɪbɪl(ə)ntˈsɪbələnt

Phonetics

A sibilant speech sound.
Example sentencesExamples
- He kept separate the constituents of consonantal clusters, relishing sibilants and fricatives as much as plosives and liquids, and studied the duration of pauses as carefully as the duration of syllables.
- It doesn't involve any slurry sibilants and its only pesky, easy-to-drop vowel is held prisoner between two rugged consonants.
- The sun also lingers in the sound pattern; sibilants coupled with long vowels elongate the lines, creating the effect of the lengthening rays of the evening sun.
- But I love hearing French rapped - all those elisions and sibilants are a dreamy alternative to hard-consonant English spitting.
- Some readers do elocution lessons to get rid of troublesome sibilants or worrisome vowels (try imitating a fish).

Derivatives

sibilance

nounˈsɪbɪl(ə)nsˈsɪbələns

An occasional sibilance of hazy white noise and clattering of plates pock marks the almost celestial church organ that began the piece.
Example sentencesExamples
- After about a minute, a single car stopped in front of them, its door hissing open with pneumatic sibilance.
- His speed-speak makes for a high-energy performance, but when compounded with a slight sibilance, it compels the audience to pay close attention to catch what he's saying.
- Floating in glass-topped court-tank of aquamarine. Underwater wave lengths of muffled sibilance, mutated boom.
- At which point we notice how the sibilance in the closing lines seems to amplify the silence into which poetry and society have both fallen and adds a note of disgust to the speaker's despair as well.

sibilancy

noun

sibilantly

adverb

Here, even in mid-summer you are likely to have its three floors to yourself, apart from small groups of female attendants whispering sibilantly in corners or working through crosswords.
Example sentencesExamples
- ‘Leuciscus’ is the scientific name of a minnow, from the Greek root meaning white, and is sibilantly pronounced lu-sis-kus.
- Come on in man’ he lisped sibilantly in his west London accent,’ come through to the bedroom, I've got things ready for you’
- One paper described him as ‘a plump piano player who talks sibilantly through his teeth and has a come-hither smile as comforting as a neon light over an undertaker's establishment.’
- He whistles softly, sibilantly, and says ‘Lord, it has a real nice taste to it…’

Origin

Mid 17th century: from Latin sibilant- 'hissing', from the verb sibilare.

Definition of sibilant in US English:

sibilant

adjectiveˈsɪbələntˈsibələnt

1Making or characterized by a hissing sound.
his sibilant whisper
Example sentencesExamples
- There were shouts and laughter and sibilant whispers.
- From the quiet strains of a young Henry Mancini to the jarring sibilant tones whenever the monster makes an appearance, it is a piece of movie history.
- We all spoke German, too, at the table - except when talking to the waitress, when we settled into sibilant cadences and sharp vowels.
- They were modulated, sibilant sounds, fairly deep, probably due to length of the throat.
- You hear the sibilant whisper of gentle waves washing the shore and you know the sea is calm tonight.
2Phonetics
(of a speech sound) sounded with a hissing effect, for example s, sh.
Example sentencesExamples
- The addition of e before s after sibilant consonants (pass/passes) and final o (go/goes).
- Modern Portuguese is characterized by an abundance of sibilant and palatal consonants and a broad spectrum of vowel sounds (five nasal phonemes and eight to ten oral ones).
- Though everyone else in the picture speaks in some variation of a British accent, poor Jolie has been given the Transylvanian throat-sucker's throaty, sibilant vowels, as well as a wardrobe of snakes.
- English, Chinese, and Japanese all share sounds that involve very high rates of air flow out of the mouth - the sibilant fricatives.

nounˈsɪbələntˈsibələnt

Phonetics

A sibilant speech sound.
Example sentencesExamples
- The sun also lingers in the sound pattern; sibilants coupled with long vowels elongate the lines, creating the effect of the lengthening rays of the evening sun.
- It doesn't involve any slurry sibilants and its only pesky, easy-to-drop vowel is held prisoner between two rugged consonants.
- But I love hearing French rapped - all those elisions and sibilants are a dreamy alternative to hard-consonant English spitting.
- Some readers do elocution lessons to get rid of troublesome sibilants or worrisome vowels (try imitating a fish).
- He kept separate the constituents of consonantal clusters, relishing sibilants and fricatives as much as plosives and liquids, and studied the duration of pauses as carefully as the duration of syllables.

Origin

Mid 17th century: from Latin sibilant- ‘hissing’, from the verb sibilare.

单词	sibilant
释义	Definition of sibilant in English: sibilant adjective ˈsɪbɪl(ə)ntˈsɪbələnt 1Making or characterized by a hissing sound. his sibilant whisper Example sentencesExamples There were shouts and laughter and sibilant whispers. We all spoke German, too, at the table - except when talking to the waitress, when we settled into sibilant cadences and sharp vowels. From the quiet strains of a young Henry Mancini to the jarring sibilant tones whenever the monster makes an appearance, it is a piece of movie history. You hear the sibilant whisper of gentle waves washing the shore and you know the sea is calm tonight. They were modulated, sibilant sounds, fairly deep, probably due to length of the throat. 2Phonetics (of a speech sound) sounded with a hissing effect, for example s, sh. Example sentencesExamples The addition of e before s after sibilant consonants (pass/passes) and final o (go/goes). Modern Portuguese is characterized by an abundance of sibilant and palatal consonants and a broad spectrum of vowel sounds (five nasal phonemes and eight to ten oral ones). English, Chinese, and Japanese all share sounds that involve very high rates of air flow out of the mouth - the sibilant fricatives. Though everyone else in the picture speaks in some variation of a British accent, poor Jolie has been given the Transylvanian throat-sucker's throaty, sibilant vowels, as well as a wardrobe of snakes. noun ˈsɪbɪl(ə)ntˈsɪbələnt Phonetics A sibilant speech sound. Example sentencesExamples He kept separate the constituents of consonantal clusters, relishing sibilants and fricatives as much as plosives and liquids, and studied the duration of pauses as carefully as the duration of syllables. It doesn't involve any slurry sibilants and its only pesky, easy-to-drop vowel is held prisoner between two rugged consonants. The sun also lingers in the sound pattern; sibilants coupled with long vowels elongate the lines, creating the effect of the lengthening rays of the evening sun. But I love hearing French rapped - all those elisions and sibilants are a dreamy alternative to hard-consonant English spitting. Some readers do elocution lessons to get rid of troublesome sibilants or worrisome vowels (try imitating a fish). Derivatives sibilance nounˈsɪbɪl(ə)nsˈsɪbələns An occasional sibilance of hazy white noise and clattering of plates pock marks the almost celestial church organ that began the piece. Example sentencesExamples After about a minute, a single car stopped in front of them, its door hissing open with pneumatic sibilance. His speed-speak makes for a high-energy performance, but when compounded with a slight sibilance, it compels the audience to pay close attention to catch what he's saying. Floating in glass-topped court-tank of aquamarine. Underwater wave lengths of muffled sibilance, mutated boom. At which point we notice how the sibilance in the closing lines seems to amplify the silence into which poetry and society have both fallen and adds a note of disgust to the speaker's despair as well. sibilancy noun sibilantly adverb Here, even in mid-summer you are likely to have its three floors to yourself, apart from small groups of female attendants whispering sibilantly in corners or working through crosswords. Example sentencesExamples ‘Leuciscus’ is the scientific name of a minnow, from the Greek root meaning white, and is sibilantly pronounced lu-sis-kus. Come on in man’ he lisped sibilantly in his west London accent,’ come through to the bedroom, I've got things ready for you’ One paper described him as ‘a plump piano player who talks sibilantly through his teeth and has a come-hither smile as comforting as a neon light over an undertaker's establishment.’ He whistles softly, sibilantly, and says ‘Lord, it has a real nice taste to it…’ Origin Mid 17th century: from Latin sibilant- 'hissing', from the verb sibilare. Definition of sibilant in US English: sibilant adjectiveˈsɪbələntˈsibələnt 1Making or characterized by a hissing sound. his sibilant whisper Example sentencesExamples There were shouts and laughter and sibilant whispers. From the quiet strains of a young Henry Mancini to the jarring sibilant tones whenever the monster makes an appearance, it is a piece of movie history. We all spoke German, too, at the table - except when talking to the waitress, when we settled into sibilant cadences and sharp vowels. They were modulated, sibilant sounds, fairly deep, probably due to length of the throat. You hear the sibilant whisper of gentle waves washing the shore and you know the sea is calm tonight. 2Phonetics (of a speech sound) sounded with a hissing effect, for example s, sh. Example sentencesExamples The addition of e before s after sibilant consonants (pass/passes) and final o (go/goes). Modern Portuguese is characterized by an abundance of sibilant and palatal consonants and a broad spectrum of vowel sounds (five nasal phonemes and eight to ten oral ones). Though everyone else in the picture speaks in some variation of a British accent, poor Jolie has been given the Transylvanian throat-sucker's throaty, sibilant vowels, as well as a wardrobe of snakes. English, Chinese, and Japanese all share sounds that involve very high rates of air flow out of the mouth - the sibilant fricatives. nounˈsɪbələntˈsibələnt Phonetics A sibilant speech sound. Example sentencesExamples The sun also lingers in the sound pattern; sibilants coupled with long vowels elongate the lines, creating the effect of the lengthening rays of the evening sun. It doesn't involve any slurry sibilants and its only pesky, easy-to-drop vowel is held prisoner between two rugged consonants. But I love hearing French rapped - all those elisions and sibilants are a dreamy alternative to hard-consonant English spitting. Some readers do elocution lessons to get rid of troublesome sibilants or worrisome vowels (try imitating a fish). He kept separate the constituents of consonantal clusters, relishing sibilants and fricatives as much as plosives and liquids, and studied the duration of pauses as carefully as the duration of syllables. Origin Mid 17th century: from Latin sibilant- ‘hissing’, from the verb sibilare.
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