adjective, noun
adjective (formal or literary) making an 's' or 'sh' sound:
the sibilant sound of whispering
noun (phonetics) a sibilant sound made in speech, such as /s, z, sh/ or /zh/
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for sibilant is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does sibilant appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — sibilant appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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