Search results
- Dictionarysibilate/ˈsɪbɪleɪt/
verb
- 1. utter with a hissing sound: literary "two gentlemen turned round to me and sibilated the word ‘Poet’"
Powered by Oxford Dictionaries
sibilate. To pronounce or utter (words or speech) with a hissing sound.... Click for English pronunciations, examples sentences, video.
When an audience is so angry or disapproving that they make a hissing sound, they sibilate. Little kids who are missing their front teeth often sibilate too. You sibilate to some degree every time you pronounce the letter s — the hissing sound itself is called sibilance, or described as sibilant.
1. : hiss. 2. : to utter an initial sibilant : prefix an \s\-sound. transitive verb. 1. : hiss. 2. : to pronounce with an initial sibilant : prefix an \s\-sound to. sibilation. ˌsi-bə-ˈlā-shən. noun. Word History. Etymology. Latin sibilatus, past participle of sibilare. First Known Use. circa 1656, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1.
to pronounce or utter (words or speech) with a hissing sound. “Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012. Discover More.
sib·i·late. (sĭb′ə-lāt′) intr. & tr.v. sib·i·lat·ed, sib·i·lat·ing, sib·i·lates. To utter or pronounce with a hissing sound. [Latin sībilāre, sībilāt-, to hiss.] sib′i·la′tion n. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
Meaning & use. Pronunciation. Forms. Frequency. Compounds & derived words. Factsheet. What does the verb sibilate mean? There are four meanings listed in OED's entry for the verb sibilate. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. sibilate has developed meanings and uses in subjects including.
verb. sibilating. To utter or pronounce with a hissing sound. American Heritage. To hiss, or pronounce with a hissing sound. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. To hiss. Wiktionary. Synonyms: siss. sizz. hiss. whoosh. whiz. swish. sizzle. fizzle. Origin of Sibilate. From Latin sībilātus, past participle of sībilō. From Wiktionary.
Jun 25, 2023 · sibilate (third-person singular simple present sibilates, present participle sibilating, simple past and past participle sibilated) To hiss. To speak with a hissing sound.
Definition of SIBILATE. intransitive verb. 1. : hiss. 2. : to utter an initial sibilant: prefix an \s\-sound. transitive verb. 1. : hiss. 2. : to pronounce with an initial sibilant : prefix an \s\-sound to. — sib·i·la·tion\ˌsi-bə-ˈlā-shən\noun. ADVERTISEMENT. Origin of SIBILATE. Latin sibilatus, past participle of sibilare.
Factsheet. What does the word sibilant mean? There are five meanings listed in OED's entry for the word sibilant. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. sibilant has developed meanings and uses in subjects including. phonetics (mid 1600s) pathology (1830s) Entry status.
