sibilo

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 (hiss, noun) + (verbal suffix).

    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
      • Romansh: 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)
      • *sīfilō
      • *sūbilō
      • *sūfilō
    • 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

     
    • (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

    Further reading