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Lenition
/liːˈnɪʃən/
A weakening of articulation causing a consonant to become lenis (soft).
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A weakening of articulation causing a consonant to become lenis (soft).
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| lax vowelnoun | (phonetics) A vowel produced with relatively little constriction of the vocal tract. |
| nonenunciationnoun | Lack of enunciation; failure to enunciate. |
| aphesisnoun | (phonetics, linguistics, prosody) The loss of the initial unstressed vowel of a word. |
| syncopenoun | (biology, medicine) A loss of consciousness when fainting. |
| silent hnoun | (orthography) A letter ⟨h⟩ that is written but not pronounced. |
| leanenessenoun | Obsolete spelling of leanness. [The property of being lean, without excess or fat.] |
| macilencenoun | (formal, rare) Leanness; emaciation. |
| unrounded vowelnoun | (phonetics) A vowel that is pronounced with the lips relaxed. |
| underarticulationnoun | Deliberately leaving an utterance indistinct or unarticulated. |
| slackeningnoun | The act by which something slackens; loss of speed, tautness, etc. |
| lissencephalynoun | (medicine) An abnormality of brain development marked by the presence of a smooth cerebral cortex with few or no convolutions; frequently associated with severe developmental disability. |
| weakeningnoun | An instance or process of loss of strength. |
| liponymnoun | (literary) A text which deliberately excludes a certain word, usually a very common word, occasionally used as a technique in novels. |
| apocopenoun | (loosely) The loss or omission of a sound or syllable from the end of a word. |
| inarticulationnoun | (uncountable) The state of being inarticulate; inarticulateness. |
| delexicalitynoun | (linguistics) The condition or state of be delexical. |
| atonic | (of a sound or syllable) unstressed |
| silencynoun | (archaic) Silence. |
| final obstruent devoicingnoun | (linguistics) The feature of a language of only allowing voiceless consonants before a pausa. |
| sonorantnoun | (phonetics) A speech sound that is produced without turbulent airflow in the vocal tract; the generic term of vowel, approximant, nasal consonant, etc. |
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