Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fricativization

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: frica-tiviza-tion
IPA

32

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The state or quality of being fricativized.

Uncountable

noun

An instance of pronunciation in which a sound is fricativized.

Countable

Etymology

From fricative + -ization or fricativize + -ation.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: fricative, fricativize

Usage

Inflected Forms

fricativizations (plural) fricativisation (alternative)

Questions

What does fricativization mean?: The state or quality of being fricativized.
Where does fricativization come from?: From fricative + -ization or fricativize + -ation.

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