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sonorizing

sonorizing is the present participle and gerund of sonorize.

Meaning of sonorize

Verb

sonorize (third-person singular simple present sonorizes, present participle sonorizing, simple past and past participle sonorized)

  1. To increase in sonority; to become more sonorous.
    • However, it is not possible to derive the forms of type 1 from Lat. lacūna too, since inherited singleton -c- would have sonorized to **-ɣ- in most dialects.2025, Cid Swanenvleugel, The Pre-Roman Elements of the Sardinian Lexicon, page 326

Questions about sonorizing

What is sonorizing the present participle and gerund of?
Sonorizing is the present participle and gerund of sonorize.

Words near sonorizing in the dictionary

  1. sonorization
  2. sonorizations
  3. sonorize
  4. sonorized
  5. sonorizes
  6. sonorizing
  7. sonorophone
  8. sonorophones
  9. sonorosity
  10. sonorous
  11. sonorousity

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