sibilante
Spanish, noun/sibiˈlante/
sibilante is spelled S-I-B-I-L-A-N-T-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written Spanish, the 141,166th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sibilante is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “a sibilant” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does sibilante mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinesibilant, hissing
noun
- 1
femininea sibilant
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of sibilante
- sibilantes feminine masculine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sibilante?
- /sibiˈlante/
- [si.β̞iˈlãn̪.t̪e]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sibilante
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sibilante in Spanish?
sibilante appears about once in every 14 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).