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Assibilation

//əˌsɪbɪˈleɪʃən// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A sound change resulting in a sibilant consonant, commonly the final phase of palatalization. uncountable, usually
  2. 2
    pronunciation with a sibilant (hissing or whistling) sound wordnet
  3. 3
    the development of a consonant phoneme into a sibilant wordnet

Etymology

From assibilat(e) + -ion.

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