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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Sibilant (0.01037 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to Sibilant.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: sibilant
sibilant
adj : of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a
constricted passage (as `f', `s', `z', or `th' in both
`thin' and `then') [syn:
fricative,
spirant]
sibilant
n : a consonant characterized by a hissing sound (like s or sh)
[syn:
sibilant consonant]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Sibilant
Sibilant
\Sib"i*lant\, a. [L. sibilans, -antis, p. pr. of
sibilare to hiss: cf. F. sibilant.]
Making a hissing sound; uttered with a hissing sound;
hissing; as, s, z, sh, and zh, are sibilant elementary
sounds. -- n. A sibiliant letter.
[1913 Webster]
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