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sibilant::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | continuant, fricative, spirant, strident |
| Derivation | sibilate |
sibilant::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | sibilant consonant |
| Type of | fricative, fricative consonant, spirant |
| Derivation | assibilate, sibilate |
Examples of sibilant
sibilant
The voiceless alveolar sibilant is a common consonant sound in spoken languages.
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Two notable variants occur, however, one sibilant and the other velar or uvular.
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Long clusters generally include a sibilant such as s or one of the liquidsl or r.
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It is not clear if they are actually trilled, or are simply non-sibilant affricates.
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A sibilant ripple of sharply-drawn breaths from the crowds that packed the sidewalks.
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Only about 28% of the world's languages contain a voiced dental or alveolar sibilant.
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Early English used S alone for both the unvoiced and the voiced sibilant.
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The song is interspersed with sibilant chu-swik notes similar to those of the White Wagtail.
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Non-sibilant sounds can also be made in the postalveolar region.
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- A consonant characterized by a hissing sound (like s or sh)
- Fricative: of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f', `s', `z', or `th' in both `thin' and `then')
- (sibilation) hiss: a fricative sound (especially as an expression of disapproval); "the performers could not be heard over the hissing of the audience"
- (sibilation) pronunciation with a sibilant (hissing or whistling) sound
- A sibilant is a type of fricative or affricate consonant, made by directing a jet of air through a narrow channel in the vocal tract towards the sharp edge of the teeth. Strident refers to the perceptual intensity of the sound of a sibilant consonant. ...
- (Sibilance) the repetition of the "S" sound.
- (SIBILANCE) n. sounding with a hiss. When certain phonics are exaggerated, ie: s, sh.
- (Sibilance) A hissing sound produced when pronouncing S and Z. Sibilance is undesirable in professional sound reinforcement and can be controlled through the use of a "de-esser" like Valley Audio's 401 Microphone Processor, 815 Dynamic Sibilance Processor, or 730 DynaMap Digital Dynamics Processor.
- (Sibilance) A rise in the frequency response in a vocal where there's an excessive amount of 5kHz, resulting in the "S" sounds being overemphasized.
