sibilation

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English

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Etymology

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Latin sibilatio, from sībilāre (to hiss), present active infinitive of sībilō.

Noun

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sibilation (countable and uncountable, plural sibilations)

  1. 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.
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