"sibilation" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: sibilations [plural]
Etymology: Latin sibilatio, from sībilāre (“to hiss”), present active infinitive of sībilō. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|sibilatio}} Latin sibilatio, {{m|la|sībilāre||to hiss}} sībilāre (“to hiss”), {{m|la|sībilō}} sībilō Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} sibilation (countable and uncountable, plural sibilations)
  1. A hissing sound. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: groove fricative, hiss, sibilating, sibilation, siss [US, colloquial] Hypernyms: sound Related terms: sibilate, sibilance, sigmatism
    Sense id: en-sibilation-en-noun-5iyRX02l Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Hyponyms: fizzle, sizzling, swish, swoosh, whish, whisper, whistle, whiz, whizzle [British, dialectal], whoosh, zip, zing

Inflected forms

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