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yod-dropping

yod-dropping is the alternative form of yod dropping.

Meaning of yod dropping

Noun

yod dropping (uncountable)

  1. The elision of the sound [j] in English phonology following other consonantal sounds within the same syllable in certain contexts.

Questions about yod-dropping

What is yod-dropping the alternative form of?
Yod-dropping is the alternative form of yod dropping.

Words near yod-dropping in the dictionary

  1. yod coalescence
  2. yod dropping
  3. yod-coalescence
  4. yod-dropper
  5. yod-droppers
  6. yod-dropping
  7. Yoda
  8. Yoda condition
  9. Yoda conditions
  10. Yoda notation
  11. Yoda worm

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