Sibilant
91Relative articulation — Places of articulation Labial Bilabial Labial–velar Labial–coronal Labiodental Dentolabial Bidental …
92assibilate — assibilation, n. /euh sib euh layt /, v., assibilated, assibilating. Phonet. v.t. 1. to change into or pronounce with the accompaniment of a sibilant sound or sounds. v.i. 2. to change by assibilation. 3. to become a sibilant or a sound… …
93Rale — A type of abnormal lung sound heard through a stethoscope. Rales may be sibilant (whistling), dry (crackling) or wet (more sloshy) depending on the amount and density of fluid refluxing back and forth in the air passages. The word rale is a… …
94wheeze — 1. To breathe with difficulty and noisily. 2. A whistling, squeaking, musical, or puffing sound made on exhalation by air passing through the fauces, glottis, or narrowed tracheobronchial airways. [A.S. hwesan] asthmatoid w. a puffing or musical… …
95Standard Chinese phonology — The phonology of Standard Chinese is reproduced below. Actual production varies widely among speakers, as people inadvertently introduce elements of their native dialects. By contrast, television and radio announcers are chosen for their… …
96sibiler — ⇒SIBILER, verbe intrans. Littér. Produire un bruit sibilant, un sifflement ou un son semblable à un sifflement. Synon. siffler. Dunes tendues d herbes fines comme des joncs, nerveuses lames d harmonica parmi lesquelles le vent flûte et sibile (LA …
97Assibilate — As*sib i*late, v. t. [L. assibilatus, p. p. of assibilare to hiss out; ad + sibilare to hiss.] To make sibilant; to change to a sibilant. J. Peile. [1913 Webster] …
98Assibilation — As*sib i*la tion, n. Change of a non sibilant letter to a sibilant, as of tion to shun, duke to ditch. [1913 Webster] …
99Whisper — Whis per, n. [1913 Webster] 1. A low, soft, sibilant voice or utterance, which can be heard only by those near at hand; voice or utterance that employs only breath sound without tone, friction against the edges of the vocal cords and arytenoid… …
100sibilate — verb ( lated; lating) Etymology: Latin sibilatus, past participle of sibilare Date: circa 1656 intransitive verb 1. hiss 2. to utter an initial sibilant ; prefix an s sound transitive verb 1 …
