assibilate
English
Etymology
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.
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.
Derived terms
Italian
Verb
assibilate
- inflection of assibilare:
- second-person plural present indicative
- second-person plural imperative
Anagrams
Latin
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