| slovo | definícia |
sibilate
(encz) | sibilate, v: |
Sibilate
(gcide) | Sibilate \Sib"i*late\, v. t. & i.
To pronounce with a hissing sound, like that of the letter s;
to mark with a character indicating such pronunciation.
[1913 Webster] |
sibilate
(wn) | sibilate
v 1: pronounce with an initial sibilant
2: utter a sibilant
3: express or utter with a hiss [syn: hiss, sizz, siss,
sibilate]
4: make a sharp hissing sound, as if to show disapproval [syn:
hiss, siss, sizz, sibilate] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
Assibilate
(gcide) | Assibilate \As*sib"i*late\, v. t. [L. assibilatus, p. p. of
assibilare to hiss out; ad + sibilare to hiss.]
To make sibilant; to change to a sibilant. --J. Peile.
[1913 Webster] |
Sibilate
(gcide) | Sibilate \Sib"i*late\, v. t. & i.
To pronounce with a hissing sound, like that of the letter s;
to mark with a character indicating such pronunciation.
[1913 Webster] |
assibilate
(wn) | assibilate
v 1: insert a sibilant sound before or after (another sound)
2: change into a sibilant; "In the syllable /si/, the /s/
sibilates in Japanese" |
|