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jotation

/d͡ʒəʊˈteɪʃən/

jotation is the alternative form of iotation.

Meaning of iotation

Noun

iotation (usually uncountable, plural iotations)

  1. (usually) A specific occurrence of palatalization that occurred in the Proto-Slavic language, in which a consonant combined with the palatal approximant /j/ to form a palatalized consonant.
  2. (usually) Any similar process occurring in a later Slavic language or elsewhere.
    • A form of iotation in the Serbo-Croatian language: s (/s/) + j (/ʲ/) = sj (/sʲ/), which is then superseded into ś (/ɕ/)

Forms of jotation

pluraljotations

Questions about jotation

What is jotation the alternative form of?
Jotation is the alternative form of iotation.
How do you pronounce jotation?
Jotation is pronounced /d͡ʒəʊˈteɪʃən/.

Words near jotation in the dictionary

  1. jot and tittle
  2. jot down
  3. jota
  4. jotas
  5. jotated
  6. jotation
  7. jotations
  8. jotisi
  9. jotisis
  10. Jotnian
  11. jots

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Adapted from Wiktionary: jotation (page history and authors); iotation (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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