Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sonorization

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sonoriza-tion
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

increase in sonority; act of sonorizing

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree English sonorize Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English sonorization From sonorize + -ation.

Usage

Inflected Forms

sonorizations (plural) sonorisation (alternative)

Synonyms

voicing

Antonyms

surdization devoicing

Questions

What does sonorization mean?: increase in sonority; act of sonorizing
Where does sonorization come from?: Etymology tree English sonorize Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English sonorization From sonorize + -ation.

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