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fricatization

fricatization noun: the process of making or becoming fricative or a fricative.

Noun

fricatization (uncountable)

  1. The process of making or becoming fricative or a fricative.

Forms of fricatization

alternative formfricativization

Origin of fricatization

From fricatize + -ation.

Questions about fricatization

What does fricatization mean?
Fricatization means the process of making or becoming fricative or a fricative.
What part of speech is fricatization?
Fricatization is a noun.

Words near fricatization in the dictionary

  1. fricativizations
  2. fricativize
  3. fricativized
  4. fricativizes
  5. fricativizing
  6. fricatization
  7. fricatize
  8. fricatized
  9. fricatizes
  10. fricatizing
  11. fricatrice

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