sifflant

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French[edit]

Participle[edit]

sifflant

  1. present participle of siffler

Adjective[edit]

sifflant (feminine sifflante, masculine plural sifflants, feminine plural sifflantes)

  1. that makes or evokes a whistling
  2. (figurative) unpleasant (as piercing one's ear)
    Une voix sifflante.
    A shrieking voice.
  3. (phonetics) a sibilant.

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