sibilation
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Latin sibilatio, from sībilāre (“to hiss”), present active infinitive of sībilō.
Noun
[edit]sibilation (countable and uncountable, plural sibilations)
- A hissing sound.
- From the shadows emanated a hushed sibilation.
- 1962, Sir Monier Monier-Williams, A practical grammar of the Sanskrit language[1], page 18:
- The exact labial sibilation denoted by f, and the soft sibilation z are unknown in Sanskrit.
Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]hissing sound
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