How to pronounce "dissimilation"

• "Dissimilation" pronounced in German.

• "dissimilation" pronounced in German.

• "dissimilation" pronounced in English.

• "dissimilation" pronounced in French.

Meanings and definitions of "dissimilation"

Noun

a linguistic process by which one of two similar sounds in a word becomes less like the other; "the Old French MARBRE became the English MARBLE by dissimilation"

Synonyms:

• dissimilation

Noun

breakdown in living organisms of more complex substances into simpler ones together with release of energy

Synonyms:

• catabolism
• katabolism
• dissimilation
• destructive metabolism