sibilation
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Latin sibilatio, from sībilāre (“to hiss”), present active infinitive of sībilō.
Noun[edit]
sibilation (plural sibilations)
- A hissing sound.
- 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.
- From the shadows emanated a hushed sibilation.
- 1962, Sir Monier Monier-Williams, A practical grammar of the Sanskrit language[1], page 18:
