Definition of Sibilation. Meaning of Sibilation. Synonyms of Sibilation

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Definition of Sibilation

Sibilation
Sibilation Sib`i*la"tion, n. [L. sibilatio.] Utterance with a hissing sound; also, the sound itself; a hiss. He, with a long, low sibilation, stared. --Tennyson.

Meaning of Sibilation from wikipedia

- Sibilants (from Latin: sībilāns : 'hissing') are fricative consonants of higher amplitude and pitch, made by directing a stream of air with the tongue...
- pronunciation of sibilants (/s/, /z/, /ʃ/) with noticeable ****ibilation, sibilation, hissing, or stridency. Frontal, dentalized and negatively skewed articulations...
- ****ibilate, ****ibilation, persiflage, sibilance, sibilant, sibilate, sibilation, sibilous siccussiccior sicc- dry demi-sec, desiccant, desiccation...
- csángál meaning 'wander, as if going away'; purportedly a reference to sibilation, in the pronunciation of some Hungarian consonants by Csángó people. Alternative...
- pritrom-e, i.e. in proximum, "on to what lies before you". Others are the sibilation of consonantal i and the ****ibilation of -di- to some sound like that...
- as in Ecuador and Mexico. It is closely related to the phonetic term sibilation. Palatalization effects were widespread in the history of Proto-Slavic...