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debuccalizations

debuccalizations is the plural 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

Questions about debuccalizations

What is debuccalizations the plural of?
Debuccalizations is the plural of debuccalization.

Words near debuccalizations in the dictionary

  1. debuccalise
  2. debuccalised
  3. debuccalises
  4. debuccalising
  5. debuccalization
  6. debuccalizations
  7. debuccalize
  8. debuccalized
  9. debuccalizes
  10. debuccalizing
  11. debud

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Adapted from Wiktionary: debuccalizations (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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