Sibilant
English Meaning
Making a hissing sound; uttered with a hissing sound; hissing; as, s, z, sh, and zh, are sibilant elementary sounds.
- Of, characterized by, or producing a hissing sound like that of (s) or (sh): the sibilant consonants; a sibilant bird call.
- A sibilant speech sound, such as English (s), (sh), (z), or (zh).