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Meanings of assibilation in English

Spanish
asibilación

Pronunciation with a sibilant (hissing or whistling) sound.

asibilación
Russian
ассибиляция
Portuguese
assibilação
Spanish
asibilacion
Catalan
assibilació

Phonological sound change.

Related terms
ассибиляция
Synonyms
Examples for "sibilation"
Examples for "sibilation"
1
The sibilation produced by the sap, which exudes copiously therefrom, is not conducive to composition.
Condensed Novels
2
Their fall was a soft sibilation, a long-drawn sigh.
A Maid of the Silver Sea
3
From far to the south drifted a fainter sibilation, like an echo of thirty-three's whistle.
The Best Short Stories of 1920, and the Yearbook of the American...
4
My lord prolonged the sibilation of his 'Yes,' in the way of absent- minded men.
Lord Ormont and His Aminta — Volume 4
5
He was turning back when he fancied he heard the sibilation of a whispering in the room.
The Ordeal of Richard Feverel — Complete
Translations for assibilation
Portuguese
assibilação