Pleophony
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Pleophony is a noun meaning (phonology) The phenomenon by which the Late Proto-Slavic "liquid diphthongs", formed from a vowel followed by a liquid *r or *l, become disyllabic -oro-, -ere- and -olo- reflexes in East Slavic languages.
Meaning
(phonology) The phenomenon by which the Late Proto-Slavic "liquid diphthongs", formed from a vowel followed by a liquid *r or *l, become disyllabic -oro-, -ere- and -olo- reflexes in East Slavic languages.
Synonyms for pleophony
Depending on context, synonyms include polnoglasie.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include polnoglasie, polyphthong, procope, plosivization, plosivisation, prodelision.
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