Skip to main content

Fibilance

Fibilants are fricative consonants of medium to low amplitude and pitch, made by directing a stream of air passing through the teeth

It's is a language device, similar to sibilance, however it connotes a different meaning in a different way. Sibilance mostly focuses on the sound itself produced, whereas fibilance mostly focuses on the facial movements from the readers to convey emotion
Person 1 - "This author uses many 'f's' in this sentence, what could the language device be?"
Person 2 - "It's fibilance"
by minecraftwatersplashsound September 16, 2022
mugGet the Fibilance mug.

weblanceguru

Weblanceguru
Weblanceguru
by Cyberwebnic November 15, 2023
mugGet the weblanceguru mug.
Related Words

Fibilance

A literary device and figure of speech in which a fictive sound is created in a group of words through the repeated ‘f’ sounds.
An example of fibilance is “The flowing flakes that flock” Wilfred Owen- Exposure.
by alice_jayne September 27, 2024
mugGet the Fibilance mug.

pibilance

Sibilance, but instead of an "sss" sound it's "pee" or "pug"
In that sentence peris, you've used pibilance by describing a person in paris
by reefslider March 10, 2025
mugGet the pibilance mug.

Share this definition

Sign in to vote

We'll email you a link to sign in instantly.

Or

Check your email

We sent a link to

Open your email