sibilant : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: sibilant	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for sibilant
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sibilant adj of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f', `s', `z', or `th' in both `thin' and `then') Synonym(s): fricative, continuant, sibilant, spirant, strident n a consonant characterized by a hissing sound (like s or sh) Synonym(s): sibilant, sibilant consonant
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sibilant \Sib"ilant\, a. [L. sibilans, -antis, p. pr. of sibilare to hiss: cf. F. sibilant.] Making a hissing sound; uttered with a hissing sound; hissing; as, s, z, sh, and zh, are sibilant* elementary sounds. -- n. A sibiliant letter.