Definition of assibilate in English:
assibilate
verb əˈsɪbɪleɪtəˈsɪbəˌleɪt
[with object]Phonetics Pronounce (a sound) as a sibilant or affricate ending in a sibilant (e.g. sound t as ts).
Example sentencesExamples
- Moreover, gay men who speak with what a North American newsreader would consider an ‘accent’ - such as British, Australian, or even Texan gays - rarely assibilate at all.
- As such, increasing the periodicity in an assibilated rhotic may lead to the perception of the trill, even if it is not present.
- This would return forms of the verb annuntiare whether assimilated or not (ann - vs. adn-), assibilated or not (nunci - vs. nuncti-).
- In medieval manuscripts ti or di with a following vowel or diphthong are frequently replaced by z.
Origin
Mid 19th century: from Latin assibilat- 'hissed at', from the verb assibilare, from ad- 'to' + sibilare 'to hiss'.
Definition of assibilate in US English:
assibilate
verbəˈsibəˌlātəˈsɪbəˌleɪt
[with object]Phonetics Pronounce (a sound) as a sibilant or affricate ending in a sibilant (e.g. sound t as ts).
Example sentencesExamples
- This would return forms of the verb annuntiare whether assimilated or not (ann - vs. adn-), assibilated or not (nunci - vs. nuncti-).
- As such, increasing the periodicity in an assibilated rhotic may lead to the perception of the trill, even if it is not present.
- Moreover, gay men who speak with what a North American newsreader would consider an ‘accent’ - such as British, Australian, or even Texan gays - rarely assibilate at all.
- In medieval manuscripts ti or di with a following vowel or diphthong are frequently replaced by z.
Origin
Mid 19th century: from Latin assibilat- ‘hissed at’, from the verb assibilare, from ad- ‘to’ + sibilare ‘to hiss’.