debuccalization

English

Alternative forms

debuccalisation (non-Oxford British English)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *de

Proto-Indo-European *-h₁

Proto-Indo-European *déh₁

Proto-Italic *dē

Latin dē

Latin dē-der.

English de-

Celticbor.?

Latin bucca

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālisbor.

Old French -albor.

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Latin -ālis

Old French -elbor.

▲

Latin -ālisbor.

Middle English -al

English -al

English buccal

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.

Late Latin -izōder.

Middle French -iserbor.

Middle English -isen

English -ize

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *-Hō

Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō

Proto-Italic *-tiō

Latin -tiō

Latin -ātiōlbor.

Old French -ationbor.

Middle English -acioun

English -ation

English -ization

English debuccalization

From de- (“from, off”) +‎ buccal (“pertaining to the mouth”) +‎ -ization. Literally meaning “removal from the mouth”.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /diːˌbʌ.kə.laɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/, /dɪ-/, /-ˌbʊ-/, /-lɪ-/
Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

debuccalization (usually uncountable, plural debuccalizations) (American spelling, Oxford British English, Canadian spelling)

(phonology) A sound change in which a consonant loses its original place of articulation and becomes glottal [h] or [ʔ].
Synonym: deoralization

Antonym: buccalization

Related terms

debuccalize

Translations

sound change involving the glottis

Italian: debuccalizzazione f
Japanese: 非口腔音化 (ひこうこうおんか, hikōkōonka)
Portuguese: debucalização f
Russian: дебуккализа́ция (ru) f (debukkalizácija)