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debuccalisation

debuccalisation is the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of debuccalization.

Meaning of debuccalization

Noun

debuccalization (usually uncountable, plural debuccalizations)

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

Forms of debuccalisation

pluraldebuccalisations

Questions about debuccalisation

What is debuccalisation the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of?
Debuccalisation is the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of debuccalization.

Words near debuccalisation in the dictionary

  1. debts
  2. debts of honor
  3. debts of honour
  4. debubblizer
  5. debubblizers
  6. debuccalisation
  7. debuccalisations
  8. debuccalise
  9. debuccalised
  10. debuccalises
  11. debuccalising

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Adapted from Wiktionary: debuccalisation (page history and authors); debuccalization (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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