Definitions for sibilants

sibilants sib·i·lant

Spelling: [sib-uh-luh nt]
IPA: /ˈsɪb ə lənt/

Sibilants is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 350 anagrams from letters in sibilants (abiilnsst).

Definitions for sibilants

noun

  1. Phonetics. a sibilant consonant.

adjective

  1. hissing.
  2. Phonetics. characterized by a hissing sound; noting sounds like those spelled with s in this [th is] /ðɪs/ (Show IPA) rose [rohz] /roʊz/ (Show IPA) pressure [presh-er] /ˈprɛʃ ər/ (Show IPA) pleasure [plezh-er] /ˈplɛʒ ər/ (Show IPA) and certain similar uses of ch, sh, z, zh, etc.

Origin of sibilants

1660-70; Latin sībilant- (stem of sībilāns), present participle of sībilāre to hiss), equivalent to sībil(us) a hissing, whistling (of imitative orig.) + -ant- -ant

Examples for sibilants

It seemed as if that low, stealthy, sibilant whispering was going on forever.

When they spoke Universal, their voices were sibilant, but not nearly so inhuman.

The name, also sibilant and thus easier to hear, was 'Esens'.

Two letters, S and O, a sibilant and a vowel, of which no further explanation can be given.

The guard had paused, and from his lips came a sibilant sound.

A sibilant sound from the detective's lips took me to his side.

She spoke French with the soft, sibilant intonation of the Spaniard.

"We have awaited your coming," she said in her sibilant voice.

A sound came from the direction not unlike that of a sibilant wind.

In this name the accent falls upon the e; the s is sibilant.

Word Value for sibilants
Scrable

10

Words with friends

13

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