"sibilance" meaning in All languages combined

See sibilance on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: sibilances [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} sibilance (countable and uncountable, plural sibilances)
  1. The quality of being sibilant: a hissing quality. Tags: countable, uncountable

Inflected forms

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