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sibilation

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Etymology

Latin sibilatio, from sībilāre (“to hiss”).

Noun

sibilation (countable and uncountable, plural sibilations)

  1. A hissing sound.
    From the shadows emanated a hushed sibilation.
    • 1962, Sir Monier Monier-Williams, A practical grammar of the Sanskrit language‎, page 18:
      The exact labial sibilation denoted by f, and the soft sibilation z are unknown in Sanskrit.

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