velarization

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velarization

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Alternative forms

• velarisation (UK (except Oxford spelling), Australia, Ireland, New Zealand)

Etymology

From velar +‎ -ization or velarize +‎ -ation.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /vi.lɚ.əˈzeɪ.ʃən/
• Hyphenation: ve‧lar‧i‧za‧tion
• (UK) IPA^(key): /vi.lə.ɹaɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Hyphenation: ve‧la‧ri‧za‧tion
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

velarization (countable and uncountable, plural velarizations)

1. (phonology) The act or process of velarizing.

Translations

act or process of velarizing

Chinese: Mandarin: 軟齶化 / 软腭化 (ruǎn'è-huà) Finnish: velarisaatio (fi) German: Velarisierung f Greek: υπερωικοποίηση f (yperoïkopoíisi) Mongolian: Cyrillic: нармайшил (narmajšil) Mongolian: ᠨᠠᠷᠮᠠᠶᠢᠰᠢᠯ (narmayisil) Polish: welaryzacja f Portuguese: velarização f Spanish: velarización (es) f Swedish: velarisering c Vietnamese: âm vòm mềm hoá