sibilante

Interlingua

Participle

sibilante

1. present participle of sibilar

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /si.biˈlan.te/
• Rhymes: -ante
• Hyphenation: si‧bi‧làn‧te

Adjective

sibilante m or f by sense (plural sibilanti)

1. sibilant, hissing

Noun

sibilante f (plural sibilanti)

1. sibilant

Participle

sibilante m or f by sense (plural sibilanti)

1. present participle of sibilare

Anagrams

• instabile

Latin

Participle

sībilante

1. ablative masculine/feminine/neuter singular of sībilāns

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /si.biˈlɐ̃.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /si.biˈlɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /si.biˈlɐ̃.te/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /si.biˈlɐ̃.tɨ/ [si.βiˈlɐ̃.tɨ]

• Hyphenation: si‧bi‧lan‧te

Adjective

sibilante m or f (plural sibilantes)

1. sibilant (characterised by a hissing sound)

Noun

sibilante f (plural sibilantes)

1. (phonetics) sibilant (a hissing sound)

Further reading

• “sibilante”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “sibilante”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin sibilantem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sibiˈlante/ [si.β̞iˈlãn̪.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ante
• Syllabification: si‧bi‧lan‧te

Adjective

sibilante m or f (masculine and feminine plural sibilantes)

1. sibilant, hissing

Derived terms

• estertor sibilante

Noun

sibilante f (plural sibilantes)

1. (phonetics) a sibilant

Related terms

• silbar
• silbato

Further reading

• “sibilante”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025