VERB
- insert a sibilant sound before or after (another sound)
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change into a sibilant
In the syllable /si/, the /s/ sibilates in Japanese
How To Use assibilate In A Sentence
- This would return forms of the verb annuntiare whether assimilated or not (ann - vs. adn-), assibilated or not (nunci - vs. nuncti-).
- Moreover, gay men who speak with what a North American newsreader would consider an ‘accent’ - such as British, Australian, or even Texan gays - rarely assibilate at all.
- (Lat. e, oe, ae) and i the c had already begun to assibilate in Latin itself; in O.Sp. it yielded the voiceless dental sibilant c The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon
- As such, increasing the periodicity in an assibilated rhotic may lead to the perception of the trill, even if it is not present.
