Assibilate

Word ASSIBILATE
Character 10
Hyphenation as sib i late
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Assibilate"

What do we mean by assibilate?

To pronounce with a hissing sound; make sibilant. transitive verb

To render sibilant, as a sound; change into a sibilant or hissing sound; alter, as a sound, by the phonetic process called assibilation.

To make sibilant; to change to a sibilant. transitive verb

To change into or pronounce with the accompaniment of a sibilant sound or sounds. verb

To change by assibilation. verb

Insert a sibilant sound before or after (another sound) verb

Change into a sibilant verb

To change into or pronounce with the accompaniment of a sibilant sound or sounds.

To change by assibilation.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Assibilate

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The word "assibilate" in example sentences

(Lat. e, oe, ae) and i the c had already begun to assibilate in Latin itself; in O.Sp. it yielded the voiceless dental sibilant c ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)

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