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sibilants

sibilants is the plural of sibilant.

Meaning of sibilant

Noun

sibilant (plural sibilants)

  1. A consonant having a hissing or hushing sound such as the s or sh in sack or shack.
    • Groove fricatives all have more or less of an [s]-like quality, and are for this reason sometimes called sibilants.1955, H. A. Gleason, An Introduction to Descriptive Linguistics, page 194, section 14.7

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Questions about sibilants

What is sibilants the plural of?
Sibilants is the plural of sibilant.

Words near sibilants in the dictionary

  1. sibilancy
  2. sibilant
  3. sibilant rhonchi
  4. sibilant rhonchus
  5. sibilantly
  6. sibilants
  7. sibilate
  8. sibilated
  9. sibilates
  10. sibilating
  11. sibilation

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