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assibilate

VT ออกเสียง ผ่าน ฟัน  org-siang-parn-fan

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ASSIBILATE

As *sib "i *late, v. t. Etym: [L. assibilatus, p. p. of assibilare to hiss out; ad + sibilare to hiss. ]

 

Defn: To make sibilant; to change to a sibilant. J. Peile.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

assibilate

as sib i late |əˈsibəˌlāt əˈsɪbəleɪt | verb [ with obj. ] Phonetics pronounce (a sound ) as a sibilant or affricate ending in a sibilant (e.g., sound t as ts ). DERIVATIVES as sib i la tion |əˌsibəˈlāSHən |noun ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from Latin assibilat- hissed at, from the verb assibilare, from ad- to + sibilare to hiss.

 

Oxford Dictionary

assibilate

assibilate |əˈsɪbɪleɪt | verb [ with obj. ] Phonetics pronounce (a sound ) as a sibilant or affricate ending in a sibilant (e.g. sound t as ts ). DERIVATIVES assibilation |-ˈleɪʃ (ə )n |noun ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from Latin assibilat- hissed at , from the verb assibilare, from ad- to + sibilare to hiss .