ASSIBILATE

assibilate

(verb) change into a sibilant; “In the syllable /si/, the /s/ sibilates in Japanese”

assibilate

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

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Verb

assibilate (third-person singular simple present assibilates, present participle assibilating, simple past and past participle assibilated)

(linguistics, phonetics) To change into or pronounce with the accompaniment of a sibilant sound or sounds.

(linguistics, phonetics) To change by assibilation.

Source: Wiktionary

As*sib"i*late, v. t. Etym: [L. assibilatus, p. p. of assibilare to hiss out; ad + sibilare to hiss.]

Definition: To make sibilant; to change to a sibilant. J. Peile.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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