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yodless

yodless adjective: lacking a palatal approximant.

Adjective

yodless (not comparable)

  1. Lacking a palatal approximant.
    • In other contexts, yodless forms made the Roubaix-Tourcoing distinctive from their French and Lille equivalents [kaʀti], [piʀ] and [di] quartier ‘quarter’, ‘neighbourhood’, Pierre ‘Peter’, Dieu ‘God’, cf. [kaʀtje], [pjɛʀ], [djø].2002, Tim Pooley, “The Depicardization of the Vernaculars of the Lille Conurbation”, in Mari C. Jones et al., editors, Language Change, Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 37
    • The younger the speaker is, the more yodless is the pronunciation, while the more educated the speaker is, the more yod is used (or retained) in this particular phonological environment.2004, Jan Tent, France Mugler, “Fiji English: Phonology”, in Edgar W. Schneider et al., editors, A Handbook of Varieties of English, volume 1, Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 776

Origin of yodless

From yod + -less.

Words that rhyme with yodless

Questions about yodless

What does yodless mean?
Yodless means lacking a palatal approximant.
What part of speech is yodless?
Yodless is an adjective.

Words near yodless in the dictionary

  1. yodle
  2. yodled
  3. yodler
  4. yodlers
  5. yodles
  6. yodless
  7. yodling
  8. yods
  9. yoe
  10. Yoel
  11. Yoeme

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