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voicening

voicening noun: voicing (“process by which a phoneme becomes voiced”).

Noun

voicening (uncountable)

  1. (nonstandard, rare) Voicing (“process by which a phoneme becomes voiced”).
    • In spite of its preservation of intervocalic surd stops and of s, Wkh. follows the other Pamir languages in the voicening of the groups ft and xt.1929, Georg Morgenstierne, Indo-Iranian Frontier Languages, volume 2, page 465
    • Moreover, the claim of a voicening reflex of Altaic /-1 2-/ in Japanese would have to be defended against contrary evidence (e.g., hakani) and against Japanese word-internal voicening as a means of lexical diversification.1981, Monumenta Nipponica: Studies on Japanese Culture, Past and Present

Origin of voicening

Alteration of voicing, probably by analogy to lengthening.

Questions about voicening

What does voicening mean?
Voicening means voicing (“process by which a phoneme becomes voiced”).
What part of speech is voicening?
Voicening is a noun.

Words near voicening in the dictionary

  1. voicemails
  2. voicemog
  3. voicemogged
  4. voicemogging
  5. voicemogs
  6. voicening
  7. voicenote
  8. voicenotes
  9. voiceover
  10. voiceovered
  11. voiceovering

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