dissimilation
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See also: Dissimilation
English
Etymology
From dis- + -similation, after assimilation.
Pronunciation
Noun
dissimilation (countable and uncountable, plural dissimilations)
- The act of dissimilating, of making dissimilar.
- (microbiology) A dissimilatory process that supply a cell with energy only without the assimilation of nutrients.
- (phonology, phonetics) A phenomenon where one of a pair of similar adjacent consonant or vowel sounds in a word becomes less similar.
- 1985, Robert Burchfield, The English Language, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 112:
- Brimstone is "properly" *brinstone, displaying an ancient careless pronunciation made respectable by being called "dissimilation".
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Translations
the act of dissimilating, of making dissimilar
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(phonology) A phenomenon whereby similar consonant or vowel sounds in a word become less similar
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Further reading
dissimilation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Noun
dissimilation (countable and uncountable, plural dissimilations)
- Misspelling of dissimulation.
French
Etymology
From dissimiler + -ation.
Pronunciation
Noun
dissimilation f (plural dissimilations)
- (phonology) dissimilation
- Antonym: assimilation
Further reading
- “dissimilation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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