dissimilate

dissimilate
[dɪˈsɪmɪleɪt]
verb
  1. [with obj.](Linguistics)change (a sound or sounds in a word) to another when the word originally had identical sounds near each other
    (语言学)使异化
    in ‘pilgrim’, from Latin ‘peregrinus’, the first ‘r’ is dissimilated to ‘l’.
    pilgrim一词来自拉丁语peregrinus，其中第一个r被异化成l。
    ■[no obj.](of a sound) undergo such a change
    （语音）异化
    the first ‘r’ dissimilates to ‘l’.
    第一个r异化成l。
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dissimilation
noun
dissimilatory
[dɪˈsɪmɪlət(ə)ri]
adjective
语源
  1. mid 19th cent.: from dis- (expressing reversal) + Latin similis 'like, similar', on the pattern of assimilate
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