assibilate

Definition of Assibilate in English :

1. assibilate

insert a sibilant sound before or after (another sound)

2. assibilate

change into a sibilant

Example Sentences:
'In the syllable /si/, the /s/ sibilates in Japanese'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Assibilate

verb phonetics

1. (intransitive)

(of a speech sound) to be changed into a sibilant

2. (transitive)

to pronounce (a speech sound) with or as a sibilant

verb transitiveWord forms: asˈsibiˌlated or asˈsibiˌlating

Phonetics

to change into or accompany with a hissing sound

tr.v. as·sib·i·lat·ed, as·sib·i·lat·ing, as·sib·i·lates

To pronounce with a hissing sound; make sibilant.