sifflant

sifflant

1. present participle of siffler

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) relative to a sibilant (see sifflante).

• “sifflant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.