Assibilation

/əˌsɪbɪˈleɪʃən/ noun

The phonetic process or result of converting a sound into a sibilant (hissing) sound.

From assibilate + -tion suffix (from Latin -tio). This noun describes the actual linguistic phenomenon of sound transformation.

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