assibilate
verbEtymology From Latin assībilātus (“murmured, whispered at, hissed”), past participle of assībilō (“hiss at”, verb), from ad (“at”) + sībilō (“hiss”, verb), from sībilus (“a hissing, whistling”), of imitative origin.
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Human sciences, Linguistics, Phonetics, Phonology, Sciences To change into or pronounce with the accompaniment of a sibilant sound or sounds.
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Human sciences, Linguistics, Phonetics, Phonology, Sciences To change by assibilation.
- Derived terms
- unassibilated