Pronunciation with a sibilant (hissing or whistling) sound.
Phonological sound change.
Sinônimos
Examples for "sibilation"
Examples for "sibilation"
1The sibilation produced by the sap, which exudes copiously therefrom, is not conducive to composition.
2Their fall was a soft sibilation, a long-drawn sigh.
3From far to the south drifted a fainter sibilation, like an echo of thirty-three's whistle.
4My lord prolonged the sibilation of his 'Yes,' in the way of absent- minded men.
5He was turning back when he fancied he heard the sibilation of a whispering in the room.
Translations for assibilation