What does devoicing mean?

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devoicing

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.31 in modern English

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verb

present participle and gerund of devoice

noun

The process by which a sound is devoiced.

Countable; Uncountable

devoicings (plural)

surdization

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