lengthening

English

Noun

lengthening (plural lengthenings)

1. The process of growing longer.
2. (phonology) a type of sound change when a sound (especially a vowel) lengthens

Derived terms

• compensatory lengthening

Translations

sound change

• Finnish: pidentyminen (fi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: Längung f

Verb

lengthening

1. present participle of lengthen