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English
Noun
sifflement (plural sifflements)
- A hissing sound.
1837, The American Journal of the Medical Sciences, page 368:The sifflement was heard over the region of the heart, a short distance on each side of the sternum, and under the clavicles.
French
Etymology
From siffler + -ment.
Pronunciation
Noun
sifflement m (plural sifflements)
- a whistling (action)
- whistle (sound)
- various hissing noises such as produced by a gush of wind, a diving bird or an air-piercing arrow (see sifflant).
- noises produced by certain animals resembling a whistling, said of snakes, marmots, or cats.
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