dissimilation

See also: Dissimilation

English

Etymology

From dis- +‎ -similation, after assimilation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌdɪsɪmɪˈleɪʃən/

• Audio (Southern England):

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  Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

dissimilation (countable and uncountable, plural dissimilations)

2. The act of dissimilating, of making dissimilar.
4. (microbiology) A dissimilatory process that supply a cell with energy only without the assimilation of nutrients.
6. (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".

Antonyms

• assimilation

Derived terms

• dissimilational

Related terms

• dissimilarity
• dissimilitude

Translations

the act of dissimilating, of making dissimilar

Finnish: erilaistaminen Portuguese: dissimilação (pt) f

(phonology) A phenomenon whereby similar consonant or vowel sounds in a word become less similar

Albanian: disimilim (sq) m Armenian: տարնմանություն (hy) (tarnmanutʻyun) Breton: disheñveladur m Chinese: Mandarin: 語音異化 / 语音异化 Finnish: dissimilaatio French: dissimilation (fr) f Georgian: დისიმილაცია (disimilacia), განმსგავსება (ganmsgavseba) Greek: ανομοίωση (el) f (anomoíosi) Hungarian: elhasonulás Mongolian: Cyrillic: авианы ондоошил (aviany ondoošil) Mongolian: ᠠᠪᠢᠶᠠᠨ ᠦ ᠣᠨᠳᠣᠣᠰᠢᠯ (abiyan-ü ondoosil) Polish: dysymilacja f Portuguese: dissimilação (pt) f Russian: диссимиля́ция (ru) (dissimiljácija) Welsh: dadfathiad m

Further reading

• dissimilation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Noun

dissimilation (countable and uncountable, plural dissimilations)

1. Misspelling of dissimulation.

French

Etymology

From dissimiler +‎ -ation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di.si.mi.la.sjɔ̃/

• Audio:

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Noun

dissimilation f (plural dissimilations)

1. (phonology) dissimilation

   Antonym: assimilation

Further reading

• “dissimilation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.