sizzle

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• US: /ˈsɪzəl/
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• rhymes with -ɪzəl
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• CMU ARPABET: S IH1 Z AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Probably a derivative of Middle English sissen (“to hiss; buzz; hum”), equivalent to siss + -le (frequentative suffix); Ultimately imitative.

58 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: цвърчене (cvǎrčene) — the sound of water hitting a hot surface
• Chinese Mandarin: 噝噝作響 /咝咝作响 (sīsīzuòxiǎng) — the sound of water hitting a hot surface
• Czech: zasyčení — the sound of water hitting a hot surface
• Finnish: kihinä — the sound of water hitting a hot surface
• Finnish: sihinä — the sound of water hitting a hot surface
• French: grésillement — the sound of water hitting a hot surface
• German: Zischen — the sound of water hitting a hot surface
• Hungarian: sistergés — the sound of water hitting a hot surface
• Japanese: シューシューいう音 (shūshū iu oto) — the sound of water hitting a hot surface
• Māori: hihī — the sound of water hitting a hot surface
• Polish: skwierczenie — the sound of water hitting a hot surface
• Portuguese: chiado — the sound of water hitting a hot surface
• Russian: шипе́ние (šipénije) — the sound of water hitting a hot surface
• Russian: шкварча́ние (škvarčánije) — the sound of water hitting a hot surface
• Slovak: škvrčanie — the sound of water hitting a hot surface
• Slovene: cvrčanje — the sound of water hitting a hot surface
• Slovene: sikanje — the sound of water hitting a hot surface
• Spanish: chirriar — the sound of water hitting a hot surface
• Turkish: cızırdama — the sound of water hitting a hot surface
• Vietnamese: tiếng xèo — the sound of water hitting a hot surface
• Czech: poprask — zing, zip, or pizazz; excitement
• Czech: rozruch — zing, zip, or pizazz; excitement
• Finnish: säpinä — zing, zip, or pizazz; excitement
• French: grésiller — zing, zip, or pizazz; excitement
• Spanish: chirrido — zing, zip, or pizazz; excitement
• Bulgarian: цвъртя (cvǎrtja) — to make the sound of water hitting a hot surface
• Catalan: espurnejar — to make the sound of water hitting a hot surface
• Chinese Mandarin: 嘯 /啸 (xiào) — to make the sound of water hitting a hot surface
• Chinese Mandarin: 噝 /咝 (sī) — to make the sound of water hitting a hot surface
• Czech: zasyčet — to make the sound of water hitting a hot surface
• Dutch: sissen — to make the sound of water hitting a hot surface
• Finnish: kihistä — to make the sound of water hitting a hot surface
• Finnish: sihistä — to make the sound of water hitting a hot surface
• French: grésiller — to make the sound of water hitting a hot surface
• German: zischen — to make the sound of water hitting a hot surface
• Hungarian: sistereg — to make the sound of water hitting a hot surface
• Ingrian: sihissä — to make the sound of water hitting a hot surface
• Italian: sfrigolare — to make the sound of water hitting a hot surface
• Italian: gorgogliare — to make the sound of water hitting a hot surface
• Māori: hihī — to make the sound of water hitting a hot surface
• Occitan: grasilhar — to make the sound of water hitting a hot surface
• Occitan: bronzinar — to make the sound of water hitting a hot surface
• Polish: skwierczeć — to make the sound of water hitting a hot surface
• Portuguese: chiar — to make the sound of water hitting a hot surface
• Russian: шипе́ть (šipétʹ) — to make the sound of water hitting a hot surface
• Russian: шкварча́ть (škvarčátʹ) — to make the sound of water hitting a hot surface
• Serbo-Croatian: štrcati — to make the sound of water hitting a hot surface
• Slovak: škvrčať — to make the sound of water hitting a hot surface
• Slovene: cvrčati — to make the sound of water hitting a hot surface
• Slovene: sikati — to make the sound of water hitting a hot surface
• Spanish: chisporrotear — to make the sound of water hitting a hot surface
• Spanish: chirriar — to make the sound of water hitting a hot surface
• Turkish: cızırdamak — to make the sound of water hitting a hot surface
• Ukrainian: шкварча́ти (škvarčáty) — to make the sound of water hitting a hot surface
• Vietnamese: xèo xèo — to make the sound of water hitting a hot surface
• German: brutzeln — to cook in a manner which causes sizzling
• Dutch: zinderen — to be exciting or dazzling
• Finnish: säkenöidä — to be exciting or dazzling