assibilate

• Veraltetes Verb mit der Bedeutung, zischend oder mit zischendem Laut auszusprechen oder in Asche zu verwandeln.

An obsolete verb meaning to hiss or to pronounce with a hissing sound, or to reduce to ashes.

1. Insert a sibilant soundC2formal

   To add a hissing or hushing sound (like /s/ or /ʃ/) before or after another speech sound.

   Einen Zischlaut hinzufügen

   • In some dialects, speakers assibilate the /t/ sound before a vowel.
   • The linguist noted how the language tends to assibilate certain consonants.
   • When speaking quickly, he would assibilate the final /d/ in 'and'.

2. Change into a sibilantC2formal

   To transform a non-sibilant sound into a sibilant sound through phonetic change.

   In einen Sibilanten umwandeln

   • Over time, the Latin /t/ assibilated into /ts/ in some Romance languages.
   • The process of assibilating the /k/ sound is common in certain dialects.
   • Historical linguists study how sounds assibilate across language families.

   Synonymehisssibilate