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shibilants

shibilants is the plural of shibilant.

Meaning of shibilant

Noun

shibilant (plural shibilants)

  1. A sibilant (fricative or affricate) pronounced further back in the mouth than [s] and [z]: [ʃ], [ʒ], [t͡ʃ], [d͡ʒ], etc.

Questions about shibilants

What is shibilants the plural of?
Shibilants is the plural of shibilant.

Words near shibilants in the dictionary

  1. Shibden
  2. shibe
  3. Shibenik
  4. shibes
  5. shibilant
  6. shibilants
  7. Shibin
  8. Shibin al-Kawm
  9. Shibin El Kom
  10. shibire
  11. shibire(ts)

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