sibilant
noun/ˈsɪbɪlənt/
/ˈsɪbɪlənt/
(phonetics)- a sibilant sound made in speech, such as /s/ and /z/ in the English words sip and zipTopics Languagec2Word Originmid 17th cent.: from Latin sibilant- ‘hissing’, from the verb sibilare.
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