sibilant

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

I - noun

a consonant characterized by a hissing sound (like s or sh)
• Syn:
sibilant consonant
• Derivationally related forms:
sibilate, assibilate
• Hypernyms:
fricative consonant, fricative, spirant

II - adjective

of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as 'f', 's', 'z', or 'th' in both 'thin' and 'then')
• Syn:
fricative, continuant, spirant, strident
• Similar to:
soft
• Derivationally related forms:
sibilate, continuance (for: continuant)

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  fricative, continuant, spirant, strident, sibilant consonant