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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024sib•i•lant /ˈsɪbələnt/USA pronunciation adj. - hissing.
- Phoneticsof or relating to a consonant sound in which the speaker sends air through a narrow groove along the center of the tongue, producing a hissing sound.
n. [countable] - Phoneticsa sibilant consonant sound, such as /s/, /z/, /ʃ/, or /ʒ/.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024sib•i•lant (sib′ə lənt),USA pronunciation adj. - hissing.
[Phonet.]characterized by a hissing sound; noting sounds like those spelled with s in this(ᵺis),USA pronunciation rose(rōz),USA pronunciation pressure(presh′ər),USA pronunciation pleasure(plezh′ər),USA pronunciation and certain similar uses of ch, sh, z, zh, etc.
n. - Phoneticsa sibilant consonant.
- Latin sībilant- (stem of sībilāns), present participle of sībilāre to hiss), equivalent. to sībil(us) a hissing, whistling (of imitative origin, originally) + -ant- -ant
- 1660–70
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: sibilant /ˈsɪbɪlənt/ adj - relating to or denoting the consonants (s, z, / ʃ /, / ʒ /), all pronounced with a characteristic hissing sound
- having a hissing sound
n - a sibilant consonant
Etymology: 17th Century: from Latin sībilāre to hiss, of imitative origin; compare Greek sizein to hissˈsibilance, ˈsibilancy n ˈsibilantly adv |