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sibilant
[ sib-uh-luhnt ]
adjective
- Phonetics. characterized by a hissing sound; noting sounds like those spelled with s in this [th, is], rose [rohz], pressure [presh, -er], pleasure [plezh, -er], and certain similar uses of ch, sh, z, zh, etc.
noun
- Phonetics. a sibilant consonant.
sibilant
/ 藞蝉瑟产瑟濒蓹苍迟 /
adjective
- phonetics relating to or denoting the consonants (s, z, / 蕛 /, / 萧 /), all pronounced with a characteristic hissing sound
- having a hissing sound
the sibilant sound of wind among the leaves
noun
- a sibilant consonant
Derived Forms
- 藞蝉颈产颈濒补苍肠别, noun
- 藞蝉颈产颈濒补苍迟濒测, adverb
Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
- 蝉颈产路颈路濒补苍肠别 [sib, -, uh, -l, uh, ns] 蝉颈产路颈路濒补苍路肠测 [sib, -, uh, -l, uh, n-see] noun
- 蝉颈产路颈路濒补苍迟路濒测 adverb
- 苍辞苍路蝉颈产路颈路濒补苍迟 adjective noun
- non路蝉颈产路颈路濒补苍迟路濒测 adverb
- 蝉耻产路蝉颈产顎僫路濒补苍迟 adjective noun
- sub路蝉颈产路颈路濒补苍迟路濒测 adverb
- 耻苍路蝉颈产路颈路濒补苍迟 adjective
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of sibilant1
Example Sentences
When addressing Neo as 鈥淢ister Anderson鈥 with a decidedly sibilant ess as robotic as it is arrogant, Weaving makes his character鈥檚 disaffected voice unsettling precisely because of how familiar it sounds.
In another passage, the players briefly whisper sibilants; a series of sliding glissandos in a double bass near the end, almost vocal, feels like a tiny, impeded aria.
They called out to each other in a flowing, sibilant tongue.
Even their language sets them apart from their neighbors: an invisible barrier of sibilants and elided vowels that always sounds like music to me.
The sibilant sound of the rattlesnake's tail has long been a movie clich茅.
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