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sibilancy
Variant of sibilant
adjective
- having or making a hissing sound
- Phonet. articulated with such a sound, as (s), (z), (s̸h), (z̸h), (c̸h), and (j)
noun
a sibilant consonant: a type of fricative
Related Forms:
- sibilance noun or sibilancy
- sibilantly adverb
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