Debuccalize

//diːˈbʌ.kə.laɪz// verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Verb
  1. 1
    To undergo debuccalization.

    "I should point out that the tendency for stops to debuccalize to glottal stop and fricatives to glottal fricative does not always hold."

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"I should point out that the tendency for stops to debuccalize to glottal stop and fricatives to glottal fricative does not always hold."

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