Definizione monolingua

sibilant

s?bilant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of s?bil?

sibilant (plural sibilants)

1. (phonetics) A hissing sound such as the s or sh in sash or surge.
   • 1955: H. A. Gleason, An Introduction to Descriptive Linguistics, page 194, section 14.7

     Groove fricatives all have more or less of an [s]-like quality, and are for this reason sometimes called sibilants.

sibilant (comparative more sibilant, superlative most sibilant)

1. Characterized by a hissing sound such as the ""s"" or ""sh"" in sash or surge.
   • 1960: Harper Lee, To Kill A Mockingbird

     She had a curious habit of prefacing everything she said with a soft sibilant sound.
     ""S-s-s Grace,"" she said, ""its just like I was telling Brother Hutson the other day. S-s-s Brother Hutson, I said, looks like were fighting a losing battle, a losing battle. I said.""

Definizione dizionario sibilant

sibilante

Altri significati:

phonetics: a hissing sound

Characterized by a hissing sound such as the "s" or "sh" in sash or surge.

(phonetics) A hissing sound such as the 's' or 'sh' in 'sash' or 'surge'.

characterized by a hissing sound

A sound characterized by a hissing quality.