单词 | assibilate |
释义 | assibilateverb 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 |
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