sibilant consonant
noun
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Sense 1 noun
a consonant characterized by a hissing sound (like s or sh)
Types & categories
- fricative consonant hypernym
Related & opposite
- assibilate derivation
- assibilate derivation
- siss derivation
- sibilate derivation
- sibilate derivation
- continuant derivation
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | assibilate |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | assibilate |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | siss |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | sibilate |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | sibilate |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | continuant |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | fricative consonant |