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debuccalize

/diːˈbʌ.kə.laɪz/

debuccalize verb: to undergo debuccalization.

Verb

debuccalize (third-person singular simple present debuccalizes, present participle debuccalizing, simple past and past participle debuccalized)

  1. (British, Canada, English, Oxford, US) To undergo debuccalization.
    • I should point out that the tendency for stops to debuccalize to glottal stop and fricatives to glottal fricative does not always hold.2002, Paul D. Fallon, The synchronic and diachronic phonology of ejectives, page 126

Forms of debuccalize

third-person singular presentdebuccalizes
present participledebuccalizing
past participledebuccalized
pastdebuccalized
alternative formdebuccalise

Origin of debuccalize

From de- + buccalize.

Words formed from debuccalize

Questions about debuccalize

What does debuccalize mean?
Debuccalize means to undergo debuccalization.
What part of speech is debuccalize?
Debuccalize is a verb.
How do you pronounce debuccalize?
Debuccalize is pronounced /diːˈbʌ.kə.laɪz/.
What is the past tense of debuccalize?
The past tense of debuccalize is debuccalized.

Words near debuccalize in the dictionary

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

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