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

1. (linguistics, phonetics) To change into or pronounce with the accompaniment of a sibilant sound or sounds.
2. (linguistics, phonetics) To change by assibilation.

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Italian

Verb

assibilate

1. second-person plural present indicative of assibilare
2. second-person plural imperative of assibilare
3. feminine plural of assibilato

Anagrams

• abilitasse

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) assībilāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of assībilō