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Sibilant meaning

Characterized by a hissing or hushing sound such as the s or sh in sack or shack.

Synonyms of Sibilant

fricative spirant continuant strident soft sibilant consonant fricative consonant

Related words

Other words often associated with Sibilant or its synonyms:

dull imperative continual easy brushed vociferous subdued blatant cacophonous obstruent tender napped

Using Sibilant

  • The main meaning on this page is: Characterized by a hissing or hushing sound such as the s or sh in sack or shack.
  • Useful related words include: fricative, spirant, continuant, strident.
  • In the example corpus, sibilant often appears in combinations such as: with sibilant, sibilant sound.

Context around Sibilant

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 29.5 words
  • Position in the sentence: 2 start, 5 middle, 4 end
  • Sentence types: 11 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

same 1× alveolar 1× non 1×

Often after:

sound 2× fricative 1× developments 1× phonetic 1× word 1× fricatives 1×

Sentence patterns with Sibilant

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

any other sibilant sound 1× certainly a sibilant is pronounced 1× forming a sibilant one still 1× of a sibilant fricative or 1× palato alveolar sibilant word medially 1× palatovelar to sibilant phonetic regions 1× the same sibilant developments 1× to non sibilant fricatives only 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

although less common 1× certainly a sibilant 1× despite this variation 1× examples are words 1× extending this approach 1× generally one syllable 1×

Common sentence endings:

a front vowel 1× ending is usual 1× european speaking populations 1× negotiation and croatia 1× of the teeth 1× other sibilant sound 1×

Words around Sibilant

Just before it in the word index:

sibil 2 sibick 2 sibi 5 sibert 3 siberians 3 siberian 176

Just after it in the word index:

sibilants 6 sibilia 5 sibirica 2 sibisi 6 sibiu 2 sibiya 10

Similar in corpus frequency:

aadi 14 aayush 14 abbottabad 14 aberdonian 14 abhi 14 aborting 14

Corpus analysis for Sibilant

  • In this selection, "sibilant" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 29.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, same, alveolar, non, sound, fricative and developments stand out and add context to how "sibilant" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include any other sibilant sound and certainly a sibilant is pronounced. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "sibilant" sits close to words such as aadi, aayush and abbottabad, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with sibilant

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Examples are words that start with the letters s, f, ch or any other sibilant sound. (16 words)

Certainly a sibilant is pronounced in these cases; the question addressed here is whether s needs to be added. (19 words)

Extending this approach to cover the Samoyedic languages suggests affinity with Ugric, resulting in the aforementioned East Uralic grouping, as it also shares the same sibilant developments. (27 words)

Longer example sentences

Despite this variation, there are some common characteristics to nearly all of the dialects of New Latin, for instance: * The use of a sibilant fricative or affricate in place of a stop for the letters c and sometimes g, when preceding a front vowel. (44 words)

In that sense, Tocharian (to some extent like the Greek and the Anatolian languages ) seems to have been an isolate in the " satem " (i.e. palatovelar to sibilant ) phonetic regions of Indo-European-speaking populations. (35 words)

Many respected authorities recommend that practically all singular nouns, including those ending with a sibilant sound, have possessive forms with an extra s after the apostrophe so that the spelling reflects the underlying pronunciation. (34 words)

Example sentences (11)

Although less common, some contemporary writers still follow the older practice of omitting the extra s in all cases ending with a sibilant, but usually not when written -x or -xe.

Certainly a sibilant is pronounced in these cases; the question addressed here is whether s needs to be added.

Despite this variation, there are some common characteristics to nearly all of the dialects of New Latin, for instance: * The use of a sibilant fricative or affricate in place of a stop for the letters c and sometimes g, when preceding a front vowel.

Examples are words that start with the letters s, f, ch or any other sibilant sound.

Extending this approach to cover the Samoyedic languages suggests affinity with Ugric, resulting in the aforementioned East Uralic grouping, as it also shares the same sibilant developments.

Generally, one-syllable nouns favour the -es ending, and it is obligatory with nouns ending with a sibilant such as s or z. Otherwise, a simple -s ending is usual.

In that sense, Tocharian (to some extent like the Greek and the Anatolian languages ) seems to have been an isolate in the " satem " (i.e. palatovelar to sibilant ) phonetic regions of Indo-European-speaking populations.

Many respected authorities recommend that practically all singular nouns, including those ending with a sibilant sound, have possessive forms with an extra s after the apostrophe so that the spelling reflects the underlying pronunciation.

The digraph ti often corresponds to the sound /ʃ/ (a voiceless palato-alveolar sibilant ) word-medially when followed by a vowel, as in nation, ratio, negotiation, and Croatia.

The usage of two other terms is less standardized: "Spirant" can be a synonym of "fricative", or (as in e.g. Uralic linguistics) refer to non-sibilant fricatives only.

When forming a sibilant, one still is forcing air through a narrow channel, but in addition, the tongue is curled lengthwise to direct the air over the edge of the teeth.

Common combinations with sibilant

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "sibilant" in a sentence?
An example: "Although less common, some contemporary writers still follow the older practice of omitting the extra s in all cases ending with a sibilant, but usually not when written -x or -xe." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "sibilant" from authentic English texts.
What does "sibilant" mean?
Sibilant means: Characterized by a hissing or hushing sound such as the s or sh in sack or shack.
What are synonyms of "sibilant"?
Common synonyms of "sibilant" include: fricative, spirant, continuant, strident, soft, sibilant consonant, fricative consonant.
How many example sentences with "sibilant" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "sibilant", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.