Brimstone is "properly" *brinstone, displaying an ancient careless pronunciation made respectable by being called "dissimilation".
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Dissimilation
//ˌdɪsɪmɪˈleɪʃən//
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20 translations across 16 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- disimilim noun ((phonology) A phenomenon whereby similar consonant or vowel sounds in a word become less similar)
Armenian
1 entries- տարնմանություն noun ((phonology) A phenomenon whereby similar consonant or vowel sounds in a word become less similar)
Breton
1 entries- disheñveladur noun ((phonology) A phenomenon whereby similar consonant or vowel sounds in a word become less similar)
Catalan
1 entries- dissimilació noun ((phonology) A phenomenon whereby similar consonant or vowel sounds in a word become less similar)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 語音異化 /语音异化 noun ((phonology) A phenomenon whereby similar consonant or vowel sounds in a word become less similar)
Finnish
2 entries- dissimilaatio noun ((phonology) A phenomenon whereby similar consonant or vowel sounds in a word become less similar)
- erilaistaminen noun (the act of dissimilating, of making dissimilar)
French
1 entries- dissimilation noun ((phonology) A phenomenon whereby similar consonant or vowel sounds in a word become less similar)
Georgian
2 entries- განმსგავსება noun ((phonology) A phenomenon whereby similar consonant or vowel sounds in a word become less similar)
- დისიმილაცია noun ((phonology) A phenomenon whereby similar consonant or vowel sounds in a word become less similar)
Greek
1 entries- ανομοίωση noun ((phonology) A phenomenon whereby similar consonant or vowel sounds in a word become less similar)
Hungarian
1 entries- elhasonulás noun ((phonology) A phenomenon whereby similar consonant or vowel sounds in a word become less similar)
Italian
1 entries- dissimilazione noun ((phonology) A phenomenon whereby similar consonant or vowel sounds in a word become less similar)
Mongolian
2 entries- авианы ондоошил noun ((phonology) A phenomenon whereby similar consonant or vowel sounds in a word become less similar)
- ᠠᠪᠢᠶᠠᠨ ᠦ ᠣᠨᠳᠣᠣᠰᠢᠯ noun ((phonology) A phenomenon whereby similar consonant or vowel sounds in a word become less similar)
Polish
1 entries- dysymilacja noun ((phonology) A phenomenon whereby similar consonant or vowel sounds in a word become less similar)
Portuguese
2 entries- dissimilação noun (the act of dissimilating, of making dissimilar)
- dissimilação noun ((phonology) A phenomenon whereby similar consonant or vowel sounds in a word become less similar)
Russian
1 entries- диссимиля́ция noun ((phonology) A phenomenon whereby similar consonant or vowel sounds in a word become less similar)
Welsh
1 entries- dadfathiad noun ((phonology) A phenomenon whereby similar consonant or vowel sounds in a word become less similar)
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