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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