See lenition on Wiktionary
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"sense": "weakening of consonant articulation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "lenición"
},
{
"code": "br",
"lang": "Breton",
"sense": "weakening of consonant articulation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "blotadur"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "weakening of consonant articulation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "lenició"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "yǔyīn ruòhuà",
"sense": "weakening of consonant articulation",
"word": "輔音弱化 /辅音弱化"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "ruòyīnhuà",
"sense": "weakening of consonant articulation",
"word": "弱音化"
},
{
"code": "kw",
"lang": "Cornish",
"sense": "weakening of consonant articulation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "treylyans medhel"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "weakening of consonant articulation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "lenitie"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "weakening of consonant articulation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "verzachting"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "weakening of consonant articulation",
"word": "liudentuminen"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "weakening of consonant articulation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "lénition"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "weakening of consonant articulation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "adoucissement"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "weakening of consonant articulation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "mutation adoucissante"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "weakening of consonant articulation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "lenición"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "lenicia",
"sense": "weakening of consonant articulation",
"word": "ლენიცია"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "weakening of consonant articulation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Lenierung"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "weakening of consonant articulation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Lenisierung"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "hekhalshút itsurím",
"sense": "weakening of consonant articulation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "החלשות עיצורים"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "weakening of consonant articulation",
"word": "gyengülés"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "weakening of consonant articulation",
"word": "gyöngülés"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "weakening of consonant articulation",
"word": "mássalhangzó-gyengülés"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "weakening of consonant articulation",
"word": "leníció"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "weakening of consonant articulation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "séimhiú"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "weakening of consonant articulation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "lenizione"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "weakening of consonant articulation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "mutazione dolce"
},
{
"alt": "しいんじゃっか",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "shiin jakka",
"sense": "weakening of consonant articulation",
"word": "子音弱化"
},
{
"alt": "軟音化",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "yeoneumhwa",
"sense": "weakening of consonant articulation",
"word": "연음화"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "weakening of consonant articulation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "lenitio"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Manx",
"sense": "weakening of consonant articulation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "boggaghys"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "weakening of consonant articulation",
"word": "lenisering"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "weakening of consonant articulation",
"word": "lenisjon"
},
{
"code": "gv",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "weakening of consonant articulation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "lenicja"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "weakening of consonant articulation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "lenização"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "weakening of consonant articulation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "lenição"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "lenícija",
"sense": "weakening of consonant articulation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "лени́ция"
},
{
"code": "sc",
"lang": "Sardinian",
"sense": "weakening of consonant articulation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "lenitzione"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "weakening of consonant articulation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "analachadh"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "weakening of consonant articulation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sèimheachadh"
},
{
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "weakening of consonant articulation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "linizziuni"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "weakening of consonant articulation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "lenición"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "weakening of consonant articulation",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "lenificación"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "weakening of consonant articulation",
"word": "yumuşama"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "weakening of consonant articulation",
"word": "lơi hóa"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "weakening of consonant articulation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "meddaliad"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "weakening of consonant articulation",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "meddalu"
}
],
"word": "lenition"
}
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