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iotation en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /aɪəʊˈteɪʃən/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /aɪoʊˈteɪʃən/ (US)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἰῶτα (iôta) + English -tion.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable, usually) A specific occurrence of palatalization that occurred in the Proto-Slavic language, in which a consonant combined with the palatal approximant /j/ to form a palatalized consonant.
  2. (uncountable, usually) Any similar process occurring in a later Slavic language or elsewhere.
    • A form of iotation in the Serbo-Croatian language: s (/s/) + j (/ʲ/) = sj (/sʲ/), which is then superseded into ś (/ɕ/)

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
iotations Number=Plur lexicographic
jotation alternative lexicographic

Deriveds

iotated

Relateds

yodization · preiotation · prejotation

Translations (23)

es yodización (process occurring in Slavic languages or elsewhere) · pl jotacyzacja (process occurring in Slavic languages or elsewhere) · ru йота́ция (process occurring in Slavic languages or elsewhere) · ru йоти́рование (process occurring in Slavic languages or elsewhere) · gl iotización (process occurring in Slavic languages or elsewhere) · fi jotaatio (specific palatalization in Proto-Slavic) · fi liudentuminen (process occurring in Slavic languages or elsewhere) · pt iotacismo (process occurring in Slavic languages or elsewhere) · ru йоти́рование (specific palatalization in Proto-Slavic) · be ётава́нне (process occurring in Slavic languages or elsewhere) · fi liudennus (process occurring in Slavic languages or elsewhere) · sh јотовање (process occurring in Slavic languages or elsewhere) · ru йота́ция (specific palatalization in Proto-Slavic) · csb jotacëjô (process occurring in Slavic languages or elsewhere) · uk йотува́ння (process occurring in Slavic languages or elsewhere) · br yotaerezh (process occurring in Slavic languages or elsewhere) · bg йота́ция (process occurring in Slavic languages or elsewhere) · pl jotacyzacja (specific palatalization in Proto-Slavic) · sh jotacija (process occurring in Slavic languages or elsewhere) · es iotización (process occurring in Slavic languages or elsewhere) · sh јотација (process occurring in Slavic languages or elsewhere) · sh jotovanje (process occurring in Slavic languages or elsewhere) · it iotacismo (process occurring in Slavic languages or elsewhere)