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Interlingua
Participle
sibilante
- present participle of sibilar
Italian
Adjective
sibilante (plural sibilanti)
- sibilant, hissing
Noun
sibilante f (plural sibilanti)
- sibilant
Participle
sibilante (plural sibilanti)
- present participle of sibilare
Anagrams
Latin
Participle
sībilante
- ablative masculine/feminine/neuter singular of sībilāns
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: si‧bi‧lan‧te
Adjective
sibilante m or f (plural sibilantes)
- sibilant (characterised by a hissing sound)
Noun
sibilante f (plural sibilantes)
- (phonetics) sibilant (a hissing sound)
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin sibilantem.
Adjective
sibilante m or f (masculine and feminine plural sibilantes)
- sibilant, hissing
Derived terms
Noun
sibilante f (plural sibilantes)
- (phonetics) a sibilant
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