Degemination
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Degemination is a noun meaning (phonetics, uncountable) The inverse process of gemination, when a spoken long consonant is pronounced for an audibly shorter period.
Meaning
(phonetics, uncountable) The inverse process of gemination, when a spoken long consonant is pronounced for an audibly shorter period.
More Meanings
- (countable) A particular instance of such change.
Word Forms
- degeminations
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include deglottalization, g-dropping, glottalization, gunation, glottalisation, digirth.
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