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sibilation
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Sibilation
(gcide) | Sibilation \Sib`i*la"tion\, n. [L. sibilatio.]
Utterance with a hissing sound; also, the sound itself; a
hiss.
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He, with a long, low sibilation, stared. --Tennyson.
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sibilation
(wn) | sibilation
n 1: a fricative sound (especially as an expression of
disapproval); "the performers could not be heard over the
hissing of the audience" [syn: hiss, hissing,
hushing, fizzle, sibilation]
2: pronunciation with a sibilant (hissing or whistling) sound
[syn: sibilation, assibilation] |
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Assibilation
(gcide) | Assibilation \As*sib`i*la"tion\, n.
Change of a non-sibilant letter to a sibilant, as of -tion to
-shun, duke to ditch.
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Sibilation
(gcide) | Sibilation \Sib`i*la"tion\, n. [L. sibilatio.]
Utterance with a hissing sound; also, the sound itself; a
hiss.
[1913 Webster]
He, with a long, low sibilation, stared. --Tennyson.
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assibilation
(wn) | assibilation
n 1: the development of a consonant phoneme into a sibilant
2: pronunciation with a sibilant (hissing or whistling) sound
[syn: sibilation, assibilation] |
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