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sibilate

/ˈsɪb.ɪ.leɪt/

Traduzioni

sibilateverb

sibilated

Past Simple

sibilated

Past Participle

sibilating

Gerund

/ˈsɪb.ɪ.leɪt/

The snake began to sibilate as a warning.

Змея начала свистеть в качестве предупреждения.

The audience started to sibilate when the performer made a mistake.

Зрители начали шипеть, когда исполнитель допустил ошибку.

Sinonimi

sibilateadjective

more sibilate

Comp.

most sibilate

Super.

/ˈsɪbɪleɪt/

/ˈsɪbəˌleɪt/

Used chiefly in linguistics to describe sounds that have a hissing quality.

sibilateverb

To produce a hissing sound.

The snake began to sibilate as it slithered through the grass.

To articulate (a consonant) with a hissing sound; to pronounce sibilantly.

Some speakers tend to sibilate the /s/ sound at the ends of words.

sibilateadjective

Producing or characterized by a hissing sound; sibilant.

Phonologists classify /s/ and /z/ as sibilate consonants.