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sibilate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
sibi-late
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To hiss.

verb

To speak with a hissing sound.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sībilātus, past participle of sībilō. Doublet of siffle.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

sibilates (present, singular) sibilating (participle, present) sibilated (participle, past) sibilated (past)

Synonyms

hiss hizz sibilate siss sizz

Questions

What does sibilate mean?
To hiss.
Where does sibilate come from?
It is traced to Latin.

How to pronounce sibilate

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