ASSIBILATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does assibilate mean? 

• ASSIBILATE (verb)
  The verb ASSIBILATE has 2 senses:

1. insert a sibilant sound before or after (another sound)

2. change into a sibilant

  Familiarity information: ASSIBILATE used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ASSIBILATE (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Insert a sibilant sound before or after (another sound)

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "assibilate" is one way to...):

sibilate (utter a sibilant)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

assibilation (pronunciation with a sibilant (hissing or whistling) sound)

sibilant (a consonant characterized by a hissing sound (like s or sh))

Sense 2

Meaning:

Change into a sibilant

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Context example:

In the syllable /si/, the /s/ sibilates in Japanese

Hypernyms (to "assibilate" is one way to...):

change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

assibilation (pronunciation with a sibilant (hissing or whistling) sound)

assibilation (the development of a consonant phoneme into a sibilant)

sibilant (a consonant characterized by a hissing sound (like s or sh))