Skip to main content
Glite Dictionary
🤐 Not hissing 🤐 A non-hissing sound
nonsibilant

nonsibilant

9.9
A speech sound that does not make a hissing noise, like m or t
  • noun
  • /nɒnˈsɪbɪlənt/
  • Specialized
: no sibilante
  • In English, the sound 't' is a nonsibilant because it does not produce a hissing noise.

Examples

  • In phonetics, nonsibilants are essential for understanding speech.

  • The sound 'p' is considered a nonsibilant due to its lack of a hissing quality.

  • Phonetic studies often compare nonsibilant consonants with sibilant ones like 's' and 'sh'.

  • The teacher asked students to list examples of nonsibilant sounds in different languages.

  • The sound 'm' is a nonsibilant consonant.

  • The teacher asked students to provide examples of nonsibilant sounds like 'm' and 'k'.

  • In phonetics, the classification of nonsibilant sounds helps to differentiate them from sibilant sounds.

Antonyms

sibilant
  • Specialized
1 8.3

A speech sound that makes a hissing noise like s

How Sibilant

sibilant
  • Specialized
1 8.3
nonsibilant
  • Specialized
9.9

Surface Forms

nonsibilant singular
nonsibilants plural

Morphology

nonsibilant = sibilant (transparent) = non + sibilant

The meaning is directly compositional: 'non-' negates 'sibilant' to mean not having a hissing quality.

Etymology

Nonsibilant joins non- 'not' with sibilant, from Latin sibilare 'to hiss', so it names a sound that does not hiss. A nonsibilant is a consonant like 'm', 't', or 'k' that lacks the hissing sound of 's' or 'sh'.