devoicing

English

Verb

devoicing

1. present participle and gerund of devoice

Noun

devoicing (countable and uncountable, plural devoicings)

1. (phonetics) The process by which a sound is devoiced.

   Synonym: surdization

   Antonyms: voicing, sonorization

   final obstruent devoicing

Translations

process by which a sound is devoiced

• Albanian: shurdhim (sq) m
• Czech: desonorizace f
• Dutch: verscherping (nl) f, verstemlozing f
• Finnish: soinnitontuminen
• French: dévoisement (fr) m
• German: Entstimmhaftung f, Verstimmlosung f, Verhärtung f
• Irish: díghlórú m
• Polish: ubezdźwięcznienie (pl) n
• Russian: оглуше́ние (ru) n (oglušénije)
• Spanish: ensordecimiento (es) m