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sibilant

8 letters · 7 distinct letters

  1. adjective

    of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as ‘f’, ‘s’, ‘z’, or ‘th’ in both ‘thin’ and ‘then’)

  2. noun

    a consonant characterized by a hissing sound (like s or sh)

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