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Sibilant
Sibilant Sib"i*lant, a. [L. sibilans, -antis, p. pr. of
sibilare to hiss: cf. F. sibilant.]
Making a hissing sound; uttered with a hissing sound;
hissing; as, s, z, sh, and zh, are sibilant elementary
sounds. -- n. A sibiliant letter.
Meaning of Sibilant from wikipedia
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Sibilants (from Latin: sībilāns : 'hissing') are
fricative consonants of
higher amplitude and pitch, made by
directing a
stream of air with the tongue...
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types with
significant perceptual differences: The
voiceless alveolar sibilant [s] has a
strong hissing sound, as the s in
English sink. It is one of...
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sounds depends on
whether a
sibilant or non-
sibilant fricative is
being described. The
symbol for the
alveolar sibilant is ⟨z⟩, and the
equivalent X-SAMPA...
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called frication. A
particular subset of
fricatives are the
sibilants. When
forming a
sibilant, one
still is
forcing air
through a
narrow channel, but in...
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voiced postalveolar non-
sibilant fricative [ɹ̠˔], for
which there are
significant perceptual differences, as one is a
sibilant and one is not. The voiced...
- The
voiceless dental non-
sibilant fricative is a type of
consonantal sound used in some
spoken languages. It is
familiar to most
English speakers as the...
- The
voiceless retroflex sibilant fricative is a type of
consonantal sound used in some
spoken languages. The
symbol in the
International Phonetic Alphabet...
- eth,
which could stand for
either a
voiced or
unvoiced (inter)dental non-
sibilant fricative. Such
fricatives are
often called "interdental"
because they...
- The
voiced palato-alveolar
sibilant affricate,
voiced post-alveolar
affricate or
voiced domed postalveolar sibilant affricate is a type of consonantal...
- The
voiced retroflex sibilant fricative is a type of
consonantal sound, used in some
spoken languages. The
symbol in the
International Phonetic Alphabet...
