Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gheada

/heɪˈɑːdə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ghea-da
IPA: /heɪˈɑːdə/

11

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

the lenition of the voiced velar stop in the Galician language.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"This variety is a non-standard phonological register characterized by gheada [heáða], that is, the fricativization and devoicing of the voiced velar stop: /ɡ/ -> [ɣ] (other variants are [x], [h]; for a review of the phenomenon see for example Alvarez Cáccamo 1989b:261-65)."
"In contrast to the phenomena of open and close vowels, the presence or absence of the gheada is still one of the most prominent phonetic features of present-day Galician."
"In addition to these feelings of inappropriateness, there are two features of the local dialects that still seem to be stigmatized among my informants: the gheada and the Galician pitch pattern."

Etymology

From Galician gheada.

Word Breakdown

Root: gheada

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

How do you pronounce gheada?: The recorded pronunciation is /heɪˈɑːdə/.
What does gheada mean?: the lenition of the voiced velar stop in the Galician language.
Where does gheada come from?: From Galician gheada.

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