sibilant in Arabic
صَفِيرِيّ ṣafīriyy
UK/ˈsɪb.ɪ.lənt/
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New Zealand/ˈsəb.ə.lənt/
sibilant in Arabic: صَفِيرِيّ (ṣafīriyy), حَرْفُ صَفِير (ḥarfu ṣafīr). In English, sibilant means characterized by a hissing or hushing sound such as the s or sh in sack or shack.
Arabic words for sibilant
- characterized by a hissing sound
- صَفِيرِيّ ṣafīriyy
- phonetics: a hissing sound
- حَرْفُ صَفِير ḥarfu ṣafīr
English meaning of sibilant
- adjective Characterized by a hissing or hushing sound such as the s or sh in sack or shack.
- noun A consonant having a hissing or hushing sound such as the s or sh in sack or shack.
Synonyms of sibilant
sibilant in other languages
Questions about sibilant in Arabic
- What is the meaning of sibilant in Arabic?
- Sibilant in Arabic is صَفِيرِيّ (ṣafīriyy), حَرْفُ صَفِير (ḥarfu ṣafīr).
- ما معنى كلمة sibilant؟
- Sibilant: صَفِيرِيّ (ṣafīriyy), حَرْفُ صَفِير (ḥarfu ṣafīr).
- What does sibilant mean in English?
- Sibilant means characterized by a hissing or hushing sound such as the s or sh in sack or shack.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: sibilant (page history and authors), its translation table and English meanings. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Arabic words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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