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assibilate

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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)

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

Derived terms

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Italian

Etymology 1

Verb

assibilate

  1. inflection of assibilare:
    1. second-person plural present indicative
    2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

Participle

assibilate f pl

  1. feminine plural of assibilato

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Latin

Verb

assībilāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of assībilō

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