"delabialize" meaning in English

See delabialize in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /diːˈleɪbɪəlaɪz/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-delabialize.wav [Southern-England] Forms: delabializes [present, singular, third-person], delabializing [participle, present], delabialized [participle, past], delabialized [past], delabialise [alternative]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English labialize English delabialize From de- + labialize. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|de-|labialize|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English labialize English delabialize [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "of", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*de", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-h₁", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*déh₁", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*dē", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "dē", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "dē-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "de-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "labialize", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "delabialize", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="delabialize"> From de- + labialize. Head templates: {{en-verb}} delabialize (third-person singular simple present delabializes, present participle delabializing, simple past and past participle delabialized)
  1. (transitive, phonetics, phonology) To make into a non-labial sound. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-delabialize-en-verb--5psYcvN Categories (other): Phonetics, Phonology, English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with etymon, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with de-, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 72 28 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 67 33 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 67 33 Disambiguation of English entries with etymon: 73 27 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 80 20 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with de-: 57 43 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 75 25 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 87 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 75 25 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 68 32 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 76 24 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, phonetics, phonology, sciences
  2. (intransitive, phonetics, phonology) To become a non-labial sound. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-delabialize-en-verb-WLidYlg9 Categories (other): Phonetics, Phonology Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, phonetics, phonology, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: delabialization, delabialized

Inflected forms

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