"devoicing" meaning in English

See devoicing in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: devoicings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} devoicing (countable and uncountable, plural devoicings)
  1. (phonetics) The process by which a sound is devoiced. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Phonetics Synonyms: surdization Translations (process by which a sound is devoiced): shurdhim [masculine] (Albanian), desonorizace [feminine] (Czech), verscherping [feminine] (Dutch), verstemlozing [feminine] (Dutch), soinnitontuminen (Finnish), dévoisement [masculine] (French), Entstimmhaftung [feminine] (German), Verstimmlosung [feminine] (German), Verhärtung [feminine] (German), díghlórú [masculine] (Irish), ubezdźwięcznienie [neuter] (Polish), оглуше́ние (oglušénije) [neuter] (Russian), ensordecimiento [masculine] (Spanish)
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Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} devoicing
  1. present participle and gerund of devoice Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: devoice
    Sense id: en-devoicing-en-verb-MeR6-2C0

Inflected forms

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