sibilant Bedeutung / sibilant Übersetzung:
“having a hissing sound,” 1660s, from Latin sibilantem (nominative sibilans), present participle of sibilare “to hiss, whistle,” which is perhaps of imitative origin (compare Greek sizein “to hiss,” Lettish sikt “to hiss,” Alte kirchliche slawische Svistati “zu Hiss, Pfeifen”). Verwandte: Zischverwöhnung; Znügung (1620S).