assibilate

== English == === Etymology === From Latin assībilātus (“murmured, whispered at, hissed”), past participle of assībilō (“hiss at”, verb), from ad (“at”) + sībilō (“hiss”, verb), from sībilus (“a hissing, whistling”), of imitative origin. === Verb === assibilate (third-person singular simple present assibilates, present participle assibilating, simple past and past participle assibilated) (linguistics, phonetics) To change into or pronounce with the accompaniment of a sibilant sound or sounds. (linguistics, phonetics) To change by assibilation. ==== Derived terms ==== == Italian == === Etymology 1 === ==== Verb ==== assibilate inflection of assibilare: second-person plural present indicative second-person plural imperative === Etymology 2 === ==== Participle ==== assibilate f pl feminine plural of assibilato === Anagrams === abilitasse, alti e bassi == Latin == === Verb === assībilāte second-person plural present active imperative of assībilō