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Summary

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sibilant:
- sifflante; consonne sifflante
Wiktionary:
- sibilant → sifflant, sifflante
- sibilant → sifflant, sifflante
- sibilant → sifflant

English

Detailed Translations for sibilant from English to French

sibilant:

sibilant [the ~] nom

the sibilant
la sifflante; la consonne sifflante
- sifflante [la ~] nom
- consonne sifflante [la ~] nom

Translation Matrix for sibilant:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
consonne sifflante	sibilant
sifflante	sibilant
-	sibilant consonant
Adjective	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	continuant; fricative; spirant; strident

Related Words for "sibilant":

sibilants

Synonyms for "sibilant":

fricative; continuant; spirant; strident; soft
sibilant consonant; fricative consonant; fricative; spirant

Related Definitions for "sibilant":

of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f', `s', `z', or `th' in both `thin' and `then')¹
a consonant characterized by a hissing sound (like s or sh)¹

Wiktionary Translations for sibilant:

sibilant

adjective

characterized by a hissing sound
- sibilant → sifflant; sifflante

noun

phonetics: a hissing sound
- sibilant → sifflant

sibilant

noun

linguistique|fr consonne qui produit un sifflement, comme , , , , et .
- sifflante → sibilant

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• sibilant	→ sifflant	↔ Zischlaut — Linguistik: Zischlaute sind die Untergruppe der Reibelaute/ Frikative, die am Zahndamm oder am vorderen weicher Gaumen/ Palatum gebildet werden.

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