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单词 assibilate
释义

assibilate

verb

as·​sib·​i·​late
əˈsibəˌlāt,
aˈ-,
usually -āt + V
-ed/-ing/-s

transitive verb

1
: to introduce a sibilant sound after or less often before
z was an assibilated d in primitive Greek—either \\dz\\ or \\zd\\
2
: to convert to or replace by a sibilant sound or a sound of which a sibilant is one constituent (as when the pronunciation \\ˈindyən\\ for Indian becomes \\ˈinjən\\; \\j\\ = \\d\\ + \\zh\\)

intransitive verb

: to change by introducing a sibilant sound
(noninitial) Indo-European ti (unless preceded by s) assibilates (through palatalization) to si G. U. Bonfante

Word History

Etymology

ad- + sibilate

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