consonantalize
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
25
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To become, or cause to become, (more) consonantal.
Example Sentences
- "It is usually defined as a process whereby front vowels consonantalize (palatalize) to the semivowel /j/ when followed by certain other vowels [...] or whereby back vowels consonantalize (labiovelarize) to the semivowel /w/ [...]"
Etymology
From consonantal + -ize.
Word Breakdown
- Prefix: consonantal
- Suffix: -ize