sibilation
English
Etymology
Latin sibilatio, from sībilāre (“to hiss”), present active infinitive of sībilō.
Noun
sibilation (countable and uncountable, plural sibilations)
- A hissing sound.
- 1962, Sir Monier Monier-Williams, A practical grammar of the Sanskrit language, page 18:
- The exact labial sibilation denoted by f, and the soft sibilation z are unknown in Sanskrit.
- From the shadows emanated a hushed sibilation.
-
Related terms
- sibilate