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sibilation

sibilation noun: a hissing sound.

Noun

sibilation (countable and uncountable, plural sibilations)

  1. A hissing sound.
    • From the shadows emanated a hushed sibilation.
    • The exact labial sibilation denoted by f, and the soft sibilation z are unknown in Sanskrit.1962, Sir Monier Monier-Williams, A practical grammar of the Sanskrit language, page 18

Synonyms of sibilation

Forms of sibilation

pluralsibilations

Origin of sibilation

Latin sibilatio, from sībilāre (“to hiss”).

Questions about sibilation

What does sibilation mean?
Sibilation means a hissing sound.
What part of speech is sibilation?
Sibilation is a noun.
What is the plural of sibilation?
The plural of sibilation is sibilations.

Words near sibilation in the dictionary

  1. sibilants
  2. sibilate
  3. sibilated
  4. sibilates
  5. sibilating
  6. sibilation
  7. sibilations
  8. sibilator
  9. sibilators
  10. sibilatory
  11. Sibilia

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