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sound change

sound change noun: any process of language change that affects pronunciation (phonetic change) or sound system structures (phonological change).

Noun

sound change (countable and uncountable, plural sound changes)

  1. Any process of language change that affects pronunciation (phonetic change) or sound system structures (phonological change).

sound change meaning in Tamil

sound change in Tamil

ஒலித்திரிபு, ஒலிமாற்றம்

Forms of sound change

pluralsound changes

Questions about sound change

What does sound change mean?
Sound change means any process of language change that affects pronunciation (phonetic change) or sound system structures (phonological change).
What is sound change in Tamil?
Sound change in Tamil is ஒலித்திரிபு, ஒலிமாற்றம். See Sound change meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is sound change?
Sound change is a noun.
What is the plural of sound change?
The plural of sound change is sound changes.

Words near sound change in the dictionary

  1. sound box
  2. sound boxes
  3. sound byte
  4. sound card
  5. sound cards
  6. sound change
  7. sound changes
  8. sound check
  9. sound clip
  10. sound clips
  11. sound cut

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sound change (page history and authors); sound change (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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