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non-sibilant

UK/nɒnˈsɪb.ɪ.lənt/US/nɑnˈsɪb.ɪ.lənt/

non-sibilant adjective: not sibilant; not having the characteristics of a sibilant consonant.

Adjective

non-sibilant (not comparable)

  1. Not sibilant; not having the characteristics of a sibilant consonant.
    • If streaming is responsible for differentiation and prediction, then neither should be found with the non-sibilant fricatives, spectrally higher /T/ and lower /f/, because their energy distributions are broad and overlap with those of vowels.(Can we date this quote?), Amanda Rysling and John Kingston, “Sibilant and Non-Sibilant Fricatives are Parsed Alike”, in ASSTA

Noun

non-sibilant (plural non-sibilants)

  1. A non-sibilant consonant.
    • Turbulence noise is stronger in sibilants /s, z, ʃ, ʒ/ than non-sibilant /f, v, θ, ð, h/.(Can we date this quote?), “3.2. Acoustic Aspects of Consonants”, in EdUHK

Forms of non-sibilant

pluralnon-sibilants

Origin of non-sibilant

From non- + sibilant.

Questions about non-sibilant

What does non-sibilant mean?
Non-sibilant means not sibilant; not having the characteristics of a sibilant consonant.
What part of speech is non-sibilant?
Non-sibilant can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce non-sibilant?
Non-sibilant is pronounced /nɒnˈsɪb.ɪ.lənt/ (UK).

Words near non-sibilant in the dictionary

  1. non-shedding
  2. non-Shia
  3. non-Shiite
  4. non-shipper
  5. non-shippers
  6. non-sibilant
  7. non-sibilants
  8. non-significant
  9. non-singular
  10. non-sissy
  11. non-sitting

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