delabialization
American
[dee-ley-bee-uh-luh-zey-shuhn]
/ diˌleɪ bi ə ləˈzeɪ ʃən /
noun
Phonetics.
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the result or process of delabializing.
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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.”
Etymology
Origin of delabialization
1905–10; de- + labialization ( def. )
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