Usually means: Consonant sound changes to sibilant.
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  1. assibilation: Merriam-Webster
  2. assibilation: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. assibilation: Collins English Dictionary
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  5. assibilation: Wordnik
  6. assibilation: Wiktionary
  7. Assibilation, assibilation: Dictionary.com
  8. Assibilation: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. Assibilation: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. assibilation: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  11. assibilation: Rhymezone
  12. Assibilation: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  13. assibilation: FreeDictionary.org
  14. assibilation: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. Assibilation: TheFreeDictionary.com
  16. assibilation: Merriam-Webster

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▸ noun:  (phonology) A sound change resulting in a sibilant consonant, commonly the final phase of palatalization.

Similar:
sigmatism, labiodentalization, satemisation, satemization, shibilant, zetacism, sonant, betacism, syllabic, liaison, more...

Opposite:
lisp, non-sibilant, non-strident

Types:
a-mutation, i-mutation, u-mutation, i/j-mutation, u/w-mutation, more...

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Similar:
sigmatism, labiodentalization, satemisation, satemization, shibilant, zetacism, sonant, betacism, syllabic, liaison, more...

Opposite:
lisp, non-sibilant, non-strident

Types:
a-mutation, i-mutation, u-mutation, i/j-mutation, u/w-mutation, more...



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