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| digraph |
a pair of letters representing a single sound, such as "sh" in "shine". |
| -es1 |
used to form the third person sing. present tense of verbs that end in "s," "z," "ch," "sh," "x," or "y" that changes to "i". |
| -es2 |
used to form the regular plural of nouns that end in "s," "x," "z," "ch," "sh," or "y" that changes to "i". |
| sibilant |
a speech sound or consonant that resembles or suggests hissing, such as "s," "sh," or "ch". [1/2 definitions] |
| spirant |
in phonetics, a consonantal speech sound produced by the breath pushed through the constricted opening of the mouth and lips, as the "sh" or "v" sound in English; fricative. [1/2 definitions] |
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