sibilant
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1 sibilant
A consonant characterized by a hissing sound (like s or sh).
synoniem: sibilant consonant.
Nederlands: sibilant
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1 sibilant
Of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f', `s', `z', or `th' in both `thin' and `then').
synoniemen: continuant, fricative, spirant, strident.
Roget 409: sibilant; hissing etc. v.; wheezy; sternutative†.
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