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語源

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

発音

• (英国発音, 米国発音) IPA: /ˈsɪb.ɪ.lənt/

形容詞

sibilant (comparative more sibilant, superlative most sibilant)

1. Characterized by a hissing or hushing sound such as the s or sh in sack or shack.
   • 1960 July 11, Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, Philadelphia, Pa.; New York, N.Y.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, →OCLC:

     She had a curious habit of prefacing everything she said with a soft sibilant sound.
     "S-s-s Grace," she said, "it's just like I was telling Brother Hutson the other day. 'S-s-s Brother Hutson,' I said, 'looks like we're fighting a losing battle, a losing battle.' I said."

派生語

名詞

sibilant (plural sibilants)

1. (phonetics) A consonant having a hissing or hushing sound such as the s or sh in sack or shack.

   Synonym: groove fricative

   Hypernym: fricative

   • 1955, H. A. Gleason, An Introduction to Descriptive Linguistics, page 194, section 14.7:

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

派生語

• shibilant
• thibilant

関連する語

• sibilance
• sibilancy
• sibilate
• sibilation

アナグラム

• astilbin