assibilate
English
editEtymology
editFrom 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
editassibilate (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
editItalian
editEtymology 1
editVerb
editassibilate
- inflection of assibilare:
Etymology 2
editParticiple
editassibilate f pl
Anagrams
editLatin
editVerb
editassībilāte