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sibilant means: of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as ‘f’, ‘s’, ‘z’, or ‘th’ in both ‘thin’ and ‘then’)

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sibilant

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8 lettersPronunciation /ˈsɪb.ɪ.lənt/Part of speech adjective, nounSorted abiilnstStarts with SEnds with T0 clues

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of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as ‘f’, ‘s’, ‘z’, or ‘th’ in both ‘thin’ and ‘then’)

From Latin sībilāns, present active participle of sībilō (“to hiss”).

“Groove fricatives all have more or less of an [s]-like quality, and are for this reason sometimes called sibilants.”

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