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provections

provections is the plural of provection.

Meaning of provection

Noun

provection (countable and uncountable, plural provections)

  1. The carrying forward of a final consonant to a following word, as in "a nickname" from Middle English "an ekename".
  2. (Celtic linguistics) Devoicing of a voiced obstruent, either inside a word or as an initial consonant mutation.
    Synonyms:
    hard mutation

Questions about provections

What is provections the plural of?
Provections is the plural of provection.

Words near provections in the dictionary

  1. proveability
  2. proveable
  3. proveably
  4. provect
  5. provection
  6. provections
  7. provector
  8. provectors
  9. proved
  10. proved out
  11. proveditor

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