"final obstruent devoicing" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: final obstruent devoicings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} final obstruent devoicing (usually uncountable, plural final obstruent devoicings)
  1. (linguistics) The feature of a language of only allowing voiceless consonants before a pausa. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Linguistics Translations (language feature): eindklankverscherping [feminine] (Dutch), sananloppuisten obstruenttien soinnitontuminen (Finnish), sananloppuisten obstruenttien soinnillisuuden menetys (Finnish), dévoisement final [masculine] (French), Auslautverhärtung [feminine] (German), ubezdźwięcznienie końcowych obstruentów [neuter] (Polish), slutljudsskärpning [common-gender] (Swedish), utljudsskärpning [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-final_obstruent_devoicing-en-noun-n7UaJ7z0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

Inflected forms

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      "tags": [
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      "word": "eindklankverscherping"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "language feature",
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      "sense": "language feature",
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    }
  ],
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