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S vs Sibilant - What's the difference?

s | sibilant |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As an adjective sibilant is

characterized by a hissing sound such as the "s" or "sh" in sash'' or ''surge .

As a noun sibilant is

(phonetics) a hissing sound such as the 's' or 'sh' in 'sash' or 'surge'.

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Translingual

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Letter

  • The nineteenth letter of the .

    • Symbol

    (wikipedia) (mul-symbol)
  • voiceless alveolar fricative
  • Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.

    • See also

    (Latn-script) * * (esh) * (dze) * {{Letter , page=S , NATO=Sierra , Morse=ยทยทยท , Character=S , Braille=? }} Image:Latin S.png, Capital and lowercase versions of S , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter S.png, Uppercase and lowercase S in Fraktur Symbols for SI units ----

    sibilant

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Characterized by a hissing sound such as the "s" or "sh" in sash'' or ''surge .
  • * 1960 : Harper Lee, To Kill A Mockingbird
    • She had a curious habit of prefacing everything she said with a soft sibilant sound.
    "S-s-s Grace," she said, "it's just like I was telling Brother Hutson the other day. 'S-s-s Brother Hutson,' I said, 'looks like we're fighting a losing battle, a losing battle.' I said."

    Derived terms

    * sibilantly

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (phonetics) A hissing sound such as the 's' or 'sh' in 'sash' or 'surge'.
  • * 1955 : H. A. Gleason, An Introduction to Descriptive Linguistics , page 194, section 14.7
    • Groove fricatives all have more or less of an [s]-like quality, and are for this reason sometimes called sibilants .

    Derived terms

    * shibilant

    Synonyms

    * (phonetics) groove fricative

    Related terms

    * sibilance * sibilancy * sibilate * sibilation ----