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assibilate

[uh-sib-uh-leyt]

verb (used with object)

assibilated, assibilating 

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

verb (used without object)

assibilated, assibilating 

  1. to change by assibilation.

  2. to become a sibilant or a sound containing a sibilant.

assibilate

/ əˈɪɪˌɪ /

verb

  1. (intr) (of a speech sound) to be changed into a sibilant

  2. (tr) to pronounce (a speech sound) with or as a sibilant

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • assibilation noun
  • unassibilated adjective
  • ˌˈپDz noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of assibilate1

1835–45; < Latin īٳܲ murmured, whispered at, hissed (past participle of ī ). See as-, sibilate
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Word History and Origins

Origin of assibilate1

C19: from Late Latin ī to hiss at, from ī to hiss; see sibilant

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