ensordecimiento

Spanish

Etymology

From ensordecer +‎ -miento.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ensoɾdeθiˈmjento/ [ẽn.soɾ.ð̞e.θiˈmjẽn̪.t̪o]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ensoɾdesiˈmjento/ [ẽn.soɾ.ð̞e.siˈmjẽn̪.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ento
• Syllabification: en‧sor‧de‧ci‧mien‧to

Noun

ensordecimiento m (plural ensordecimientos)

1. (linguistics) devoicing

Further reading

• “ensordecimiento”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28