/
dɪˈsɪmɪleɪt/
v.
Linguistics change (a sound in a word) to another when the word originally had identical sounds near each other (e.g. in
taper, which derives from
papyrus, the
p is dissimilated to
t).
Derivative
- dissimilation n.
- dissimilatory adj.
Etymology
C19: from dis- + L. similis ‘like, similar’, on the pattern of assimilate.
