Consonant assimilation
What Consonant assimilation means in Italian GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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The English consonant cluster '-dm-' changes to the Italian double consonant '-mm-', as in administration becoming amministrazione and to admire becoming ammirare.
The change where the English consonant cluster '-ct-' transforms into the double consonant '-tt-' in Italian.
Topics that use Consonant assimilation
Related terms
- Adjectival agreement
- Adjective agreement
- Cognates
- Cognates and false friends
- Cognates and language patterns
- Cognates and near-cognates
- Cognates and patterns
- Consonant cluster simplification
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