"fortition" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /fɔɹˈtɪʃən/ Forms: fortitions [plural]
Etymology: From fortis + -ition; compare lenition. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|fortis|ition}} fortis + -ition Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} fortition (countable and uncountable, plural fortitions)
  1. (phonetics, phonology) A sound change in which a consonant becomes more fortis. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Phonetics, Phonology Translations (phonetics, phonology: a sound change in which a consonant becomes more fortis): erősödés (Hungarian), mássalhangzó-erősödés (Hungarian), fortíció (Hungarian), fortição [feminine] (Portuguese), fortición [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-fortition-en-noun-XsX2peEs Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ition, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 84 16 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ition: 80 20 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 93 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 88 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 95 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 72 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 92 8 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, phonetics, phonology, sciences Disambiguation of 'phonetics, phonology: a sound change in which a consonant becomes more fortis': 98 2
  2. (obsolete) Casual choice; fortuitous selection; hazard. Tags: countable, obsolete, uncountable
    Sense id: en-fortition-en-noun-bydeoDyu

Inflected forms

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          "text": "Donegan (1985: 37–38) offers the following description of fortitions and lenitions. Fortitions are listener-oriented processes, which increase phonetic properties of phonemes. They strengthen the properties of an individual segment by emphasizing certain phonetic features, sometimes at the expense of other features within the segment.",
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