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Noun: assibilation  u,si-bu'ley-shun
  1. The development of a consonant phoneme into a sibilant
     
  2. Pronunciation with a sibilant (hissing or whistling) sound
    - sibilation

Derived forms: assibilations

Type of: development, evolution, pronunciation

Encyclopedia: Assibilation

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