sibilation

Other forms of sibilation

plural

sibilations·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about sibilation

What does sibilation mean?

sibilation means "a fricative sound (especially as an expression of disapproval)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in sibilation?

sibilation has 5 syllables: si-bi-la-ti-on. The stress falls on "ti".

What is another word for sibilation?

Close synonyms include hiss, hissing, hushing, fizzle, assibilation. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is sibilation a common word?

sibilation is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.