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postglottalize

postglottalize verb: to follow (a sound) with glottalization.

Verb

postglottalize (third-person singular simple present postglottalizes, present participle postglottalizing, simple past and past participle postglottalized)

  1. (transitive) To follow (a sound) with glottalization.

Forms of postglottalize

third-person singular presentpostglottalizes
present participlepostglottalizing
past participlepostglottalized
pastpostglottalized

Origin of postglottalize

From post- + glottalize.

Questions about postglottalize

What does postglottalize mean?
Postglottalize means to follow (a sound) with glottalization.
What part of speech is postglottalize?
Postglottalize is a verb.
What is the past tense of postglottalize?
The past tense of postglottalize is postglottalized.

Words near postglottalize in the dictionary

  1. postglenoidal
  2. postglobular
  3. postglomerular
  4. postglossator
  5. postglossators
  6. postglottalize
  7. postglottalized
  8. postglottalizes
  9. postglottalizing
  10. postgnathal
  11. postgolf

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