velarization

English

Alternative forms

• velarisation (UK (except Oxford spelling), Australia, Ireland, New Zealand)

Etymology

From velar ‎ -ization or velarize ‎ -ation.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /vi.lɚ.əˈzeɪ.ʃən/
• Hyphenation: ve‧lar‧i‧za‧tion
• (UK) IPA^(key): /vi.lə.ɹaɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Hyphenation: ve‧la‧ri‧za‧tion
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

velarization (countable and uncountable, plural velarizations)

1. (phonology) The act or process of velarizing.

Translations

act or process of velarizing

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 軟齶化／软腭化 (ruǎn'è-huà)

• Finnish: velarisaatio (fi)
• German: Velarisierung f
• Greek: υπερωικοποίηση f (yperoïkopoíisi)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: нармайшил (narmajšil)

  Mongolian: ᠨᠠᠷᠮᠠᠶᠢᠰᠢᠯ (narmayisil)

• Polish: welaryzacja f
• Spanish: velarización (es) f
• Swedish: velarisering c