"sibilation" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: sibilations [plural]
Etymology: Latin sibilatio, from sībilāre (“to hiss”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|sibilatio}} Latin sibilatio Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} sibilation (countable and uncountable, plural sibilations)
  1. A hissing sound. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Sounds Synonyms: groove fricative, hiss, sibilating, sibilation, siss [US, colloquial] Hypernyms: sound Related terms: sibilate, sibilance, sigmatism Translations (hissing sound): sisgeluid (Afrikaans)

Inflected forms

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