| assibilation | (n) the development of a consonant phoneme into a sibilant |
| sibilation | (n) pronunciation with a sibilant (hissing or whistling) sound, Syn. assibilation |
| hiss | (n) a fricative sound (especially as an expression of disapproval), Syn. sibilation, fizzle, hissing, hushing, Example: the performers could not be heard over the hissing of the audience |
| Assibilation | n. Change of a non-sibilant letter to a sibilant, as of -tion to -shun, duke to ditch. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Sibilation | n. [ L. sibilatio. ] Utterance with a hissing sound; also, the sound itself; a hiss. [ 1913 Webster ] He, with a long, low sibilation, stared. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ] |