💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Disyllabification"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| dissyllabismnoun | Alternative form of disyllabism. [The quality of being disyllabic, or having two syllables.] |
| dissyllablenoun | Alternative form of disyllable. [A word comprising two syllables.] |
| diphthongizationnoun | The process by which a single vowel sound (monophthong) shifts to a two-vowel vocalization (diphthong). |
| diphthongisationnoun | Alternative spelling of diphthongization. [The process by which a single vowel sound (monophthong) shifts to a two-vowel vocalization (diphthong).] |
| diphthongationnoun | diphthongisation |
| diphthongnoun | (phonetics) A complex vowel sound that begins with the sound of one vowel and ends with the sound of another vowel, in the same syllable. |
| diaeresisnoun | (linguistics, prosody) (orthography) The diacritical mark consisting of two dots (¨) placed over a letter (especially the second of two consecutive vowels) to indicate that it is sounded separately, usually as a distinct syllable. |
| downdriftnoun | (phonetics) A lowering (over time) of the pitch of the tones of a tonal language. |
| debuccalisationnoun | Alternative spelling of debuccalization. [(phonology) A sound change in which a consonant loses its original place of articulation and becomes [h] or [ʔ].] |
| dipthongnoun | Misspelling of diphthong. [(phonetics) A complex vowel sound that begins with the sound of one vowel and ends with the sound of another vowel, in the same syllable.] |
| downglidenoun | (phonology) A downward glide. |
| yod-droppingnoun | Alternative form of yod dropping. [(phonology) The elision of the sound [j] in English phonology following other consonantal sounds within the same syllable in certain contexts.] |
| dialecticismnoun | The quality of being dialectic. |
| dialect levellingnoun | (linguistics) the reduction of dialectal diversity within a language due to the propagation of a single prestige variety |
| dysphonynoun | Dated form of dysphonia. [(medicine) A difficulty in producing vocal sounds.] |
| gliding vowelnoun | A diphthong. |
| diastolenoun | (chiefly uncountable, physiology) The phase or process of relaxation and dilation of the heart chambers, between contractions, during which they fill with blood; an instance of the process. |
| disjunctive | Not connected; separated. |
| dialefenoun | A short metrical pause between two identical vowel sounds, one at the end of a word, the other at the beginning of the next word. |
| diæresisnoun | Archaic form of diaeresis. [(linguistics, prosody) A separation of one syllable (especially a vowel which is a diphthong, that is, beginning with one sound and ending with another) into two distinct syllables; distraction.] |
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