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delabialize

/diːˈleɪbɪəlaɪz/

delabialize verb: to make into a non-labial sound.

Verb

delabialize (third-person singular simple present delabializes, present participle delabializing, simple past and past participle delabialized)

  1. (transitive) To make into a non-labial sound.
    • the resulting labial vowels were soon delabialized into e and ē.1884, Henry Sweet, First Middle English Primer, page 5
  2. (intransitive) To become a non-labial sound.
    • /gw/ may delabialize to /g/.1981, Charles Stephen Bird, The Dialects of Mandekan, page 170

Forms of delabialize

third-person singular presentdelabializes
present participledelabializing
past participledelabialized
pastdelabialized
alternative formdelabialise

Origin of delabialize

From de- + labialize.

Words formed from delabialize

Questions about delabialize

What does delabialize mean?
Delabialize means to make into a non-labial sound.
What part of speech is delabialize?
Delabialize is a verb.
How do you pronounce delabialize?
Delabialize is pronounced /diːˈleɪbɪəlaɪz/ (UK).
What is the past tense of delabialize?
The past tense of delabialize is delabialized.

Words near delabialize in the dictionary

  1. delabelling
  2. delabels
  3. delabialisation
  4. delabialization
  5. delabializations
  6. delabialize
  7. delabialized
  8. delabializes
  9. delabializing
  10. Delabole
  11. delaceration

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