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],
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"word": "snakelike"
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"roman": "ṣafīriyy",
"sense": "characterized by a hissing sound",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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},
{
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"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "ščʻakan",
"sense": "characterized by a hissing sound",
"word": "շչական"
},
{
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"roman": "sulakan",
"sense": "characterized by a hissing sound",
"word": "սուլական"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "characterized by a hissing sound",
"word": "sibilyant"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "sǎskašt",
"sense": "characterized by a hissing sound",
"word": "съскащ"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "šipjašt",
"sense": "characterized by a hissing sound",
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},
{
"code": "cs",
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"sense": "characterized by a hissing sound",
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{
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"sense": "characterized by a hissing sound",
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},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "characterized by a hissing sound",
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},
{
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "characterized by a hissing sound",
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"code": "fr",
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"word": "sifflante"
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{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "syristikós",
"sense": "characterized by a hissing sound",
"word": "συριστικός"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "characterized by a hissing sound",
"word": "siosach"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "characterized by a hissing sound",
"word": "hihī"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "characterized by a hissing sound",
"word": "sibilante"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "characterized by a hissing sound",
"word": "sibilant"
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"note": "\"whistling\", for \"s\", \"z\"",
"roman": "svistjáščij",
"sense": "characterized by a hissing sound",
"word": "свистя́щий"
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"sense": "characterized by a hissing sound",
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"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "characterized by a hissing sound",
"word": "väsande"
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"roman": "šypljačyj",
"sense": "characterized by a hissing sound",
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],
"word": "шиплячий"
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"roman": "svystjačyj",
"sense": "characterized by a hissing sound",
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"ref": "1955, H. A. Gleason, An Introduction to Descriptive Linguistics, page 194, section 14.7",
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"(phonetics) A consonant having a hissing or hushing sound such as the s or sh in sack or shack."
],
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},
{
"word": "sibilancy"
},
{
"word": "sibilate"
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"code": "ar",
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"roman": "ḥarfu ṣafīr",
"sense": "phonetics: a hissing sound",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "حَرْفُ صَفِير"
},
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"sense": "phonetics: a hissing sound",
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"roman": "sulakan",
"sense": "phonetics: a hissing sound",
"word": "սուլական"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "phonetics: a hissing sound",
"word": "絲絲聲"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "phonetics: a hissing sound",
"word": "丝丝声"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
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"roman": "sīsīshēng",
"sense": "phonetics: a hissing sound",
"word": "咝咝声"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
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"roman": "sīcāyīn",
"sense": "phonetics: a hissing sound",
"word": "嘶擦音"
},
{
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"sense": "phonetics: a hissing sound",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "phonetics: a hissing sound",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
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"word": "sibilant"
},
{
"code": "da",
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"sense": "phonetics: a hissing sound",
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"common-gender"
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{
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"common-gender"
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{
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{
"code": "fi",
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{
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"tags": [
"feminine"
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"masculine"
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{
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{
"code": "de",
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{
"code": "ga",
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"sense": "phonetics: a hissing sound",
"word": "歯音"
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"code": "pt",
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"code": "ru",
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{
"code": "sh",
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"code": "sh",
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"source": "Thesaurus:sibilant",
"word": "zingy"
}
],
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adj",
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:sibilant",
"word": "snakelike"
}
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{
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"Characterized by a hissing or hushing sound such as the s or sh in sack or shack."
],
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"hissing",
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],
[
"hushing",
"hushing"
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]
}
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"tags": [
"UK",
"US"
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},
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"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d7/En-us-sibilant.ogg",
"tags": [
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"text": "Audio (US)"
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"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/45/En-au-sibilant.ogg/En-au-sibilant.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/45/En-au-sibilant.ogg",
"tags": [
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],
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}
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{
"source": "Thesaurus:sibilant",
"word": "hissing"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:sibilant",
"word": "hissy"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:sibilant",
"word": "sibilatory"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:sibilant",
"word": "sibilant"
},
{
"source": "Thesaurus:sibilant",
"word": "sibilous"
}
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ṣafīriyy",
"sense": "characterized by a hissing sound",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "صَفِيرِيّ"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "ščʻakan",
"sense": "characterized by a hissing sound",
"word": "շչական"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "sulakan",
"sense": "characterized by a hissing sound",
"word": "սուլական"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "characterized by a hissing sound",
"word": "sibilyant"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "sǎskašt",
"sense": "characterized by a hissing sound",
"word": "съскащ"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "šipjašt",
"sense": "characterized by a hissing sound",
"word": "шипящ"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "characterized by a hissing sound",
"word": "sykavý"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "characterized by a hissing sound",
"word": "suhiseva"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "characterized by a hissing sound",
"word": "sihisevä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "characterized by a hissing sound",
"word": "sihauttava"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "characterized by a hissing sound",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sifflant"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "characterized by a hissing sound",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sifflante"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "syristikós",
"sense": "characterized by a hissing sound",
"word": "συριστικός"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "characterized by a hissing sound",
"word": "siosach"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "characterized by a hissing sound",
"word": "hihī"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "characterized by a hissing sound",
"word": "sibilante"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "characterized by a hissing sound",
"word": "sibilant"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"note": "\"whistling\", for \"s\", \"z\"",
"roman": "svistjáščij",
"sense": "characterized by a hissing sound",
"word": "свистя́щий"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"note": "\"sizzling\", for \"sh\", \"zh\"",
"roman": "šipjáščij",
"sense": "characterized by a hissing sound",
"word": "шипя́щий"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "svistjášče-šipjáščij",
"sense": "characterized by a hissing sound",
"word": "свистя́ще-шипя́щий"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "characterized by a hissing sound",
"word": "sibilante"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "characterized by a hissing sound",
"word": "väsande"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "šypljačyj",
"sense": "characterized by a hissing sound",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "шиплячий"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "svystjačyj",
"sense": "characterized by a hissing sound",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "свистячий"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "characterized by a hissing sound",
"word": "sisiol"
}
],
"word": "sibilant"
}
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"English 3-syllable words",
"English adjectives",
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms derived from Latin",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"English undefined derivations",
"en:Sound"
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{
"word": "shibilant"
}
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"2": "la",
"3": "sībilāns"
},
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"name": "uder"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "la",
"2": "sībilō",
"3": "",
"4": "I hiss"
},
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"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Latin sībilāns, present active participle of sībilō (“I hiss”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "sibilants",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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"args": {},
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"name": "en-noun"
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],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"word": "sibilance"
},
{
"word": "sibilancy"
},
{
"word": "sibilate"
},
{
"word": "sibilation"
}
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{
"categories": [
"English terms with quotations",
"Quotation templates to be cleaned",
"en:Phonetics"
],
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{
"ref": "1955, H. A. Gleason, An Introduction to Descriptive Linguistics, page 194, section 14.7",
"text": "Groove fricatives all have more or less of an [s]-like quality, and are for this reason sometimes called sibilants.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"A consonant having a hissing or hushing sound such as the s or sh in sack or shack."
],
"links": [
[
"phonetics",
"phonetics"
],
[
"hissing",
"hissing"
],
[
"hushing",
"hushing"
]
],
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"(phonetics) A consonant having a hissing or hushing sound such as the s or sh in sack or shack."
],
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{
"word": "groove fricative"
}
],
"topics": [
"human-sciences",
"linguistics",
"phonetics",
"phonology",
"sciences"
]
}
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{
"ipa": "/ˈsɪb.ɪ.lənt/",
"tags": [
"UK",
"US"
]
},
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"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d7/En-us-sibilant.ogg/En-us-sibilant.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d7/En-us-sibilant.ogg",
"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
},
{
"audio": "en-au-sibilant.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/45/En-au-sibilant.ogg/En-au-sibilant.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/45/En-au-sibilant.ogg",
"tags": [
"Australia"
],
"text": "Audio (AU)"
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{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ḥarfu ṣafīr",
"sense": "phonetics: a hissing sound",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "حَرْفُ صَفِير"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "ščʻakan",
"sense": "phonetics: a hissing sound",
"word": "շչական"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "sulakan",
"sense": "phonetics: a hissing sound",
"word": "սուլական"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "phonetics: a hissing sound",
"word": "絲絲聲"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "phonetics: a hissing sound",
"word": "丝丝声"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "sīsīshēng",
"sense": "phonetics: a hissing sound",
"word": "咝咝声"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "sīcāyīn",
"sense": "phonetics: a hissing sound",
"word": "嘶擦音"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "phonetics: a hissing sound",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sykavka"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "phonetics: a hissing sound",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "sibilant"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "phonetics: a hissing sound",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "hvislelyd"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "phonetics: a hissing sound",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "sisklank"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "phonetics: a hissing sound",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "sibilant"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "phonetics: a hissing sound",
"word": "sibilantti"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "phonetics: a hissing sound",
"word": "suhuäänne"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "phonetics: a hissing sound",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sifflante"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "phonetics: a hissing sound",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Zischlaut"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "phonetics: a hissing sound",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Sibilans"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "phonetics: a hissing sound",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Sibilant"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "phonetics: a hissing sound",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "siosach"
},
{
"alt": "しおん",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "shion",
"sense": "phonetics: a hissing sound",
"word": "歯音"
},
{
"alt": "しさつおん",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "shisatsuon",
"sense": "phonetics: a hissing sound",
"word": "歯擦音"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "phonetics: a hissing sound",
"word": "hihī"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "phonetics: a hissing sound",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "hvislelyd"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "phonetics: a hissing sound",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sibilant"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "phonetics: a hissing sound",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kvislelyd"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "phonetics: a hissing sound",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sibilant"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "phonetics: a hissing sound",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sibilante"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sibiljánt",
"sense": "phonetics: a hissing sound",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "сибиля́нт"
},
{
"alt": "звук, for \"s\", \"z\"",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "svistjaščij",
"sense": "phonetics: a hissing sound",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "свистящий"
},
{
"alt": "звук, for \"sh\", \"zh\"",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "šipjáščij",
"sense": "phonetics: a hissing sound",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "шипя́щий"
},
{
"alt": "звук",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "svistjášče-šipjáščij",
"sense": "phonetics: a hissing sound",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "свистя́ще-шипя́щий"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "phonetics: a hissing sound",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "сибѝлант"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "phonetics: a hissing sound",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"masculine"
],
"word": "пи̏скавац"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "phonetics: a hissing sound",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "sibìlant"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "phonetics: a hissing sound",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"masculine"
],
"word": "pȉskavac"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "phonetics: a hissing sound",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sibilante"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "phonetics: a hissing sound",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "väsljud"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "phonetics: a hissing sound",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "sibilant"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "phonetics: a hissing sound",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sisiolyn"
}
],
"word": "sibilant"
}
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