Ashkenazi Hebrew uses a sibilant fricative where Yemenite Hebrew has a non-sibilant fricative.
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Sibilant
/ˈsɪb.ɪ.lənt/
Synonyms for "sibilant" (17 found)
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Strong matches (5)
Noun(5 words)
Related words (8)
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9 entriesaffricate sibilantalveolar fricativealveolar sibilantdental fricativedental sibilantinterdental sibilantpalatal fricativepalatal sibilantpostalveolar sibilant
Collocations
8 entriesalveolar sibilantpalatal sibilantpostalveolar sibilantsibilant articulationsibilant consonantsibilant fricationsibilant soundvoiceless sibilant
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
4 entriessimilar
1 entriesSample sentences
4 total sentences available.
He had trouble pronouncing the sibilant letters.
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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."
Source: wiktionary
Groove fricatives all have more or less of an [s]-like quality, and are for this reason sometimes called sibilants.
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