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debuccalization en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /-ˌbʊ-/
  • /-lɪ-/
  • /dɪ-/
  • /diːˌbʌ.kə.laɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- Celticbor.? Latin bucca Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English buccal Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ization English debuccalization From de- (“from, off”) + buccal (“pertaining to the mouth”) + -ization. Literally meaning “removal from the mouth”.

Meanings

  1. (British, Canada, English, Oxford, US, uncountable, usually) A sound change in which a consonant loses its original place of articulation and becomes glottal [h] or [ʔ].

Forms

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debuccalizations Number=Plur lexicographic
debuccalisation alternative lexicographic

Antonyms

buccalization

Relateds

debuccalize

Synonyms

deoralization

Translations (4)

it debuccalizzazione (sound change involving the glottis) · ru дебуккализа́ция (sound change involving the glottis) · pt debucalização (sound change involving the glottis) · ja 非口腔音化 (sound change involving the glottis)