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Meaning of "dissimilation" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DISSIMILATION

dissimilation  [ˌdɪsɪmɪˈleɪʃən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DISSIMILATION

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Dissimilation is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DISSIMILATION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Dissimilation

In phonology, particularly within historical linguistics, dissimilation is a phenomenon whereby similar consonant or vowel sounds in a word become less similar. For example, when one /r/ sound occurs before another in the middle of a word in rhotic dialects of English, the first tends to drop out, as in "beserk" for berserk, "supprise" for surprise, "paticular" for particular, and "govenor" for governor – this does not affect the pronunciation of government, which has only one /r/, but English government tends to be pronounced "goverment", dropping out the first n. One of the contexts where phonetic dissimilation may take place is where one language borrows a word from another language. An example is the English colonel, which is now standardly pronounced "cornel" in English as a result of dissimilation, while the parent word in French and Italian is pronounced "colonel".

Definition of dissimilation in the English dictionary

The definition of dissimilation in the dictionary is the act or an instance of making dissimilar. Other definition of dissimilation is the alteration or omission of a consonant as a result of being dissimilated.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DISSIMILATION


calculation
ˌkælkjʊˈleɪʃən
cancellation
ˌkænsɪˈleɪʃən
circulation
ˌsɜːkjʊˈleɪʃən
compilation
ˌkɒmpɪˈleɪʃən
correlation
ˌkɒrɪˈleɪʃən
formulation
ˌfɔːmjʊˈleɪʃən
installation
ˌɪnstəˈleɪʃən
insulation
ˌɪnsjʊˈleɪʃən
isolation
ˌaɪsəˈleɪʃən
legislation
ˌlɛdʒɪsˈleɪʃən
manipulation
məˌnɪpjʊˈleɪʃən
musculation
ˌmʌskjʊˈleɪʃən
mutilation
ˌmjuːtɪˈleɪʃən
population
ˌpɒpjʊˈleɪʃən
regulation
ˌrɛɡjʊˈleɪʃən
relation
rɪˈleɪʃən
simulation
ˌsɪmjʊˈleɪʃən
translation
trænsˈleɪʃən
ventilation
ˌvɛntɪˈleɪʃən
violation
ˌvaɪəˈleɪʃən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DISSIMILATION

dissident
dissidently
dissight
dissilience
dissilient
dissimilar
dissimilarities
dissimilarity
dissimilarly
dissimilate
dissimilative
dissimilatory
dissimile
dissimilitude
dissimulate
dissimulation
dissimulative
dissimulator
dissipable
dissipate

WORDS THAT END LIKE DISSIMILATION

accreditation
action
administration
animation
application
association
certification
citation
combination
communication
confirmation
conversation
corporation
creation
decoration
destination
documentation
duration
education
evaluation
excitation

Synonyms and antonyms of dissimilation in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «dissimilation» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DISSIMILATION

Find out the translation of dissimilation to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of dissimilation from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «dissimilation» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

异化
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

disimilación
570 millions of speakers

English

dissimilation
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

विषमीकरण
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

عكس التمثل
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

диссимиляция
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

dissimilation
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পার্থক্য
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

dissimilation
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Dissimilation
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Dissimilation
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

異化
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

이화
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Dissimilation
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

làm cho khác
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வறினமாதல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

भेदभाव
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

başkalaşma
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

dissimilazione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

dysymilacja
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

дисиміляція
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

disimilație
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ανομοίωση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

veinzerij
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

dissimilation
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

dissimilation
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of dissimilation

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DISSIMILATION»

The term «dissimilation» is normally little used and occupies the 117.284 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DISSIMILATION» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about dissimilation

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DISSIMILATION»

Discover the use of dissimilation in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to dissimilation and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Historical Linguistics
2.6.2 Dissimilation Dissimilation, the opposite of assimilation, is change in which sounds become less similar to one another. Assimilation is far more common than dissimilation; assimilation is usually regular, general throughout the language, ...
Lisa Purse, Lyle Campbell, 2013
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Physiologische Chemie: t. Dissimilation
A[ugust Friedrich] Legahn. BlOtOSY LIBRARY OROCKER Alle Rechte, insbesondere das Übersetzungsrecht von der Verlagshandlung vorbehalten tipamersche Buchdrucker«! in Leipztg Inhaltsverzeichnis. Dissimilation. Seite Literatur 4 I.
A[ugust Friedrich] Legahn, 1905
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Nhanda: An Aboriginal Language of Western Australia
... no denasalization. Interestingly, the environment for denasalization is the one place where nasal dissimilation (detailed in 2.6.3) ... Nasal. Dissimilation. Nasal dissimilation has been described for many Australian languages (see below).
Juliette Blevins, 2001
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The Blackwell companion to phonology. 4. Phonological interfaces
Dissimilation prototypically refers to a situation in which a segment becomes less similar to a nearby segment with respect to a given feature. As a synchronic alternation, it can be exemplified by liquid dissimilation in Georgian, where the ...
Marc van Oostendorp, 2011
5
Principles of Historical Linguistics
Sound. change: Dissimilation,. haplology,. metathesis. Except where noted, the changes discussed in this chapter normally are irregular or sporadic. Section 6.3 deals with the conditions which seem to be conducive for the regular application  ...
Hans Henrich Hock, 1991
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Phonology: Critical Concepts in Linguistics
Thus it seems that laterals do have cues that require a long time window for their perception and so their involvement in dissimilation is not puzzling. In addition, the study of O'Connor et al. (l957) suggests why /l/ generally dissimilates to /r/ ...
Charles W. Kreidler, 2001
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Glossary of Hindi/Urdu and English linguistic terminology : ...
asannihit —, remote dissimilation (CSTT 1974: 1099; CSTT 1982: 72; CSTT 1992 : 131); avyavhit -, contact dissimilation (CSTT 1973: 295; CSTT 1992: 1 3 1); pasc - -, regressive dissimilation (CSTT 1992: 172); purah -, progressive dissimilation ...
Umberto Nardella, 2008
8
The Synchronic and Diachronic Phonology of Ejectives
Should there be a consensus that Proto-Semitic had ejectives, then Akkadian should be considered an example of ejective dissimilation. Otherwise, it should be considered in conjunction with other laryngeal-type dissimilations such as ...
Paul D. Fallon, 2013
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Issues in the Phonology and Morphology of the Major Iberian ...
Sonorant. Dissimilation. in. the. Iberian. Languages. Maria-Rosa Lloret 1. Introduction The original Feature Geometry models of Clements (1985) and Sagey (1986) have been continuously revised in order to improve different aspects of the ...
Fernando Martínez-Gil, Alfonso Morales-Front, 1997
10
Invariance and Variability in Speech Processes
These two examples are cases of dissimilation: (liven twn segments sharing one or more phonetic features, the values for smne or all of these features change in one segment so that the two become more phonetically dilferent. These cases ...
J. S. Perkell, D. H. Klatt, 2014

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DISSIMILATION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term dissimilation is used in the context of the following news items.
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The history of the word 'bad', Chapter 2
However, I needed no reference to dissimilation. Nor will I need it in the future. To be concluded. Image credits: (1) “Bad” in Volume I of the ... «OUPblog, Jul 15»
2
We set off to find the elusive pilcrow
... in which the “l” replaced the “r” of paragraph: Oxford calls this process “dissimilation.” Then English ears tried to hear these French imports as ... «Christian Science Monitor, Jun 15»
3
National curriculum for indigenous languages to come soon
"If you don't support local languages you are engaging in further dissimilation and erosion of identification, often leading to serious social ... «The Sunshine Coast Daily, May 15»
4
Lessons from the Ebola Crisis as UNMIL Transitions
Alleviate Public Mistrust, Denial, and Poor Information Dissimilation Even though, the government of Liberia informed citizens about the ... «Perspective, May 15»
5
Pronunciation change neither right nor wrong
The pronunciation of February that troubles some reflects a linguistic process called "dissimilation," in which one sound drops out because ... «theday.com, Jan 15»
6
Hyphenated-Americans don't undermine American identity
This value shift — or what sociologists call "homeland dissimilation" — is pretty well established for other contemporary immigrants, including ... «The Week Magazine, Jan 15»
7
These crimes have everything to do with Islam
In France, a form of dissimilation (to borrow a term from phonetics) is taking place. About 40 per cent of young Muslims are unemployed and ... «The Age, Jan 15»
8
Where did the months get their names?
The dropping of the “r” is called “dissimilation,'' when sounds near each other are so similar that one gets changed. Similar examples of this are ... «The Virginian-Pilot, Jan 15»
9
Race and Reaction
... or Black Power, or any of the movements that preached dissimilation, self-segregation, and hatred toward whites, merely because they were ... «American Thinker, Nov 14»
10
Why is 'colonel' spelled that way?
A common process called dissimilation — when two instances of the same sound occur close to each other in a word, people tend to change ... «The Week Magazine, Aug 14»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Dissimilation [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/dissimilation>. May 2024 ».
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