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dentilabialize

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
den-ti-l-abi-al-ize
IPA
26
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
6
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Of Middle Chinese initial consonants /p/, /pʰ/, /b/, and /m/: to develop into /f/, /fʰ/, /v/, and /ʋ/ (or further into /f/, /w/, etc).

Etymology

From dentilabial + -ize.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

dentilabializes (present, singular) dentilabializing (participle, present) dentilabialized (participle, past) dentilabialized (past) dentilabialise (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

dentilabialization

Questions

What does dentilabialize mean?
Of Middle Chinese initial consonants /p/, /pʰ/, /b/, and /m/: to develop into /f/, /fʰ/, /v/, and /ʋ/ (or further into /f/, /w/, etc).
Where does dentilabialize come from?
From dentilabial + -ize.

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