delabialize

English

Alternative forms

• delabialise

Etymology

From de- +‎ labialize.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /diːˈleɪbɪəlaɪz/

Verb

delabialize (third-person singular simple present delabializes, present participle delabializing, simple past and past participle delabialized)

1. (transitive, phonetics, phonology) To make into a non-labial sound.
   • 1884, Henry Sweet, First Middle English Primer, page 5:

     the resulting labial vowels were soon delabialized into e and ē.

2. (intransitive, phonetics, phonology) To become a non-labial sound.
   • 1981, Charles Stephen Bird, The Dialects of Mandekan, page 170:

     /gw/ may delabialize to /g/.

Derived terms

• delabialization
• delabialized

Anagrams

• idealizable