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assimilation in Irish

assimilation in Irish is comhshamhlú — assimilation means the process of taking in and absorbing something, whether ideas, nutrients, or a group of people into a wider culture.

assimilation in Irish

comhshamhlú
noun
(phonology) A sound change process by which the phonetics of a speech segment becomes more like that of another segment in a word (or at a word boundary), so that a change of phoneme occurs.

What does "assimilation" mean?

  1. noun The process of taking in and absorbing something, whether ideas, nutrients, or a group of people into a wider culture.
    "The assimilation of new employees into the company culture took months."
  2. noun In linguistics, a sound change in which one speech sound becomes more like a neighboring sound.
    "The "n" in "input" often shifts to "m" through assimilation."
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assimilation in a sentence

  • The assimilation of new employees into the company culture took months.
  • Cultural assimilation was once a common goal of immigration policy.
  • The "n" in "input" often shifts to "m" through assimilation.

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What is "assimilation" in Irish?

"assimilation" in Irish is comhshamhlú. assimilation means: The process of taking in and absorbing something, whether ideas, nutrients, or a group of people into a wider culture.

How do you use "assimilation" in a sentence?

Example: "The assimilation of new employees into the company culture took months." In Irish, "assimilation" is comhshamhlú.

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