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illabiality

UK/ɪˈleɪbiælɪti/

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New Zealand/əˈlæebiɛləti/

illabiality noun: the state or condition of being illabial or unrounded.

Noun

illabiality (uncountable)

  1. The state or condition of being illabial or unrounded.
    • /ɪ/ shares narrowness and illabiality with /i/, but, on the other hand, backness and illabiality with /a/: two traits, that is, in each case.1991, Marcel Erdal, Old Turkic Word Formation: A Functional Approach to the Lexicon, Volumes 1-2, page 18
    • It is significant to note that the illabiality is also reflected in early Christian borrowings such as Fi. pappi ‘priest’ < Sl. păpŭ (trad. popъ); cf. as well as in the unstressed position Fi. Raamattu ‘Bible’ < Sl. grāmătā (trad. gramota).2007, Juhani Nuorluoto, “The Interchangeability of the Graphemes <o> and <ъ> in Old Russian Birchbark Documents: A Graphical Effect or a Reflection of Sound Change in Progress?”, in Slavica...

Origin of illabiality

From il- + labiality or illabial + -ity.

Questions about illabiality

What does illabiality mean?
Illabiality means the state or condition of being illabial or unrounded.
What part of speech is illabiality?
Illabiality is a noun.
How do you pronounce illabiality?
Illabiality is pronounced /ɪˈleɪbiælɪti/ (UK).

Words near illabiality in the dictionary

  1. ill-wishers
  2. ill-wishes
  3. ill-wishing
  4. Ill.
  5. illabial
  6. illabiality
  7. Illabo
  8. illaborate
  9. illadopsis
  10. illadopsises
  11. Illampu

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