Assibilation

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Assibilation \As*sib`i*la"tion\, n.
     Change of a non-sibilant letter to a sibilant, as of -tion to
     -shun, duke to ditch.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  assibilation
       n 1: the development of a consonant phoneme into a sibilant
       2: pronunciation with a sibilant (hissing or whistling) sound
          [syn: {sibilation}]