See Also: sibilant(medicine)
sibilant(dictionary)
sibilant rale(medicine)
sibilant 1, adjective(dictionary)
sibilant 2, noun(dictionary)

sibilant (iou)



sibilant adjective & noun. M17.
[Latin sibilant- pres. ppl stem of sibilare hiss, whistle: see -ANT1.]
A. adjective.
1. Characterized or accompanied by a hissing sound; spec. (Phonetics) designating a fricative produced by the formation of a groove with the sides of the tongue in contact with the roof of the mouth, as English [s], [z]. M17.
b. Medicine. Of stethoscopic sounds: characterized by an abnormal whistling or hissing. M19.
Emitting a hissing or whistling sound. E19.
b. noun.
Phonetics. A sibilant speech sound or letter. L18.
A rumour started and spread deliberately for propaganda or selling purposes. M20.
sibilance noun (a) the fact or quality of being sibilant; a hissing sound; (b) an undue prominence of sibilants or hissing, esp. due to interference in reproduced sound: E19.
sibilantly adverb L19.