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sibilate

sibilate verb: to hiss.

Verb

sibilate (third-person singular simple present sibilates, present participle sibilating, simple past and past participle sibilated)

  1. To hiss.
  2. To speak with a hissing sound.

sibilate meaning in Tamil

sibilate in Tamil

சீறொலி எழுப்பு

Synonyms of sibilate

Forms of sibilate

third-person singular presentsibilates
present participlesibilating
past participlesibilated
pastsibilated

Origin of sibilate

Borrowed from Latin sībilātus, past participle of sībilō. Doublet of siffle.

Questions about sibilate

What does sibilate mean?
Sibilate means to hiss.
What is sibilate in Tamil?
Sibilate in Tamil is சீறொலி எழுப்பு. See Sibilate meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is sibilate?
Sibilate is a verb.
What is the past tense of sibilate?
The past tense of sibilate is sibilated.

Words near sibilate in the dictionary

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

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: sibilate (page history and authors); sibilate (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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