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)

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

• unassibilated

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

Anagrams

• abilitasse, alti e bassi

Latin

Verb

assībilāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of assībilō