sibilo

See also: sibilò

Italian

Etymology 1

Noun

sibilo m (plural sibili)

  1. hiss, hissing
  2. whistle, whistling
  3. whine

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

sibilo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of sibilare

Latin

Etymology

From sībilus (a hissing) +‎ .

Pronunciation

Verb

sībilō (present infinitive sībilāre, perfect active sībilāvī, supine sībilātum); first conjugation

  1. to hiss
  2. to whistle

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Italo-Romance:
    • Italian: sibiare, sibbiare (archaic, dialectal)
  • Rhaeto-Romance:
    • Ladin: sciubier, scigoler
    • Romansch: tschivlar, schular, tgular, schivlar
  • Gallo-Italic:
  • Gallo-Romance:
  • Ibero-Romance:
  • ⇒ Merger with *fistulō (or *stifulō through metathesis)
    • Gallo-Italic:
    • Gallo-Romance:
      • Occitan:
        • Auvergnat: fiular, piolar, estiflar, estuflar
        • Gascon: hiular, estieular
        • Languedocien: fiular, estiflar, estuflar
        • Vivaro-Alpine: fiular, estiflar
        • Limousin: estiflar, estuflar
  • Vulgar Latin: (see there for further descendants)
  • Borrowings:

References

Further reading

  • sibilo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • sibilo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • sibilo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /siˈbi.lu/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /siˈbi.lo/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /siˈbi.lu/ [siˈβi.lu]

Etymology 1

Deverbal from sibilar.

Noun

sibilo m (plural sibilos)

  1. hiss (sound made by a snake, cat, escaping steam, etc.)

Etymology 2

Verb

sibilo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of sibilar