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delabialization
[ dee-ley-bee-uh-luh-zey-shuhn ]
noun
, Phonetics.
- the result or process of delabializing.
- the historical progression in which labial sounds delabialize, as the kw- sound in Latin words starting with quin- “five” becoming a k- sound as in Spanish quince “fifteen.”
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Word History and Origins
Origin of delabialization1
1905–10; de- + labialization ( def )
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