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Meaning of "sibilant"

'sibilant' is an adjective that describes a consonant characterized by a hissing sound, such as 's', 'sh', or 'z'. It is often used in phonetics to classify certain speech sounds based on their acoustic qualities
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  • Characterized by a hissing or hushing sound such as the s or sh in sack or shack.
  • A consonant having a hissing or hushing sound such as the s or sh in sack or shack.

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It is the sibilant equivalent of voiced palatal affricate.
Indiscriminate substitution of one sibilant for another.
The sibilant s sound reinforces the image.
Voiced alveolar retracted sibilant affricate.
Sibilant pops bear that out.
Voiceless alveolar retracted sibilant affricate.
That note is the sibilant and sharp sound of the cricket.
Voiced apico alveolar sibilant.
The sibilant aorist is formed with the suffixation of s to the stem.
Voiced dental sibilant fricative.
The Chumashan languages are well known for their consonant harmony regressive sibilant harmony.
Voiced dental sibilant affricate.
The sibilant challenged Sir Freddy arrives.
Voiceless dental sibilant affricate.
After a sibilant consonant, neuter adjectives end in ее.

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The transition from a voiced sound to a sibilant should be smooth.
The voiceless alveolar sibilant is a common consonant sound in vocal languages.
The frequency range of the equalizer is centered on the sibilant frequencies.
The changing rate of the sibilant high band is also controlled.
Voiceless retroflex sibilant.
The earlier palatal sibilant has merged with in all but a few dialects.
Voiced retroflex sibilant.
G Dental sibilant fricative.
Voiceless palatal sibilant.
This sibilant whispering irritated him, and me.
Voiced postalveolar sibilant.
Was it just the sibilant hissing of wind?
Voiced apicoalveolar sibilant.
It can emit sibilant sounds, crackling or without noise.
Voiced palatal sibilant.
It is the non-sibilant equivalent of the voiced palatal sibilant.
It is not a sibilant.
After a sibilant or velar consonant, и, instead of ы, is written.
And the sibilant.
Treble is detailed, though at high volumes slightly sibilant.
Such illicit clusters include those with sibilant sounds followed by obstruent sounds.
Effects of short- and long-term changes in auditory feedback on vowel and sibilant contrasts.
The palatal affricate and sibilant may have been palato-alveolar.
In linguistics, assibilation is a sound change resulting in a sibilant consonant.
This specificity guarantees distinctive sibilant noises, thus explaining their rich inventories.
The mixed subgroup consists of the nouns whose roots end in a post-alveolar sibilant or occasionally r.
The song is interspersed with sibilant chu-swik notes similar to those of the white wagtail.
The overall treble profile is well-balanced, but definitely on the bright and sibilant side.
Somewhat more common are languages with three sibilant types, including one hissing and two hushing.
For example, Polish sz is a postalveolar sibilant.
There is not even a sibilant sound … Give me an hour on this.
The two sounds most commonly used to establish a patient 's VDO are sibilant and fricative sounds.
The voiceless alveolo-palatal sibilant fricative does not occur in any major dialect of English.
Adams describes the northern Iberian sibilant as " retracted.
However, the voiced sibilant / z / is not affected by this environment.

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