See spirantization in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": ":af",
"3": "spirant",
"4": "-ization",
"text": "+",
"tree": "1"
},
"expansion": "From spirant + -ization.",
"name": "ety"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From spirant + -ization.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "spirantizations",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "spirantisation",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "~"
},
"expansion": "spirantization (countable and uncountable, plural spirantizations)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Phonology",
"orig": "en:Phonology",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "67 33",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries referencing missing etymons",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "73 27",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with etymology texts",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "73 27",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with etymology trees",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "66 34",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with etymon",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "73 27",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "50 50",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English terms suffixed with -ization",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "76 24",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages using etymon with no ID",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "76 24",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "89 11",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "84 16",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with etymology trees",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "84 16",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with etymon",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"The process of a consonant becoming a spirant (fricative) sound."
],
"id": "en-spirantization-en-noun-LDVeHz-w",
"links": [
[
"phonology",
"phonology"
],
[
"consonant",
"consonant"
],
[
"spirant",
"spirant"
],
[
"fricative",
"fricative"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(uncountable, phonology) The process of a consonant becoming a spirant (fricative) sound."
],
"tags": [
"uncountable"
],
"topics": [
"human-sciences",
"linguistics",
"phonology",
"sciences"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "50 50",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English terms suffixed with -ization",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A particular instance of such change."
],
"id": "en-spirantization-en-noun-t5sq~ahi",
"raw_glosses": [
"(countable) A particular instance of such change."
],
"tags": [
"countable"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/spaɪɹəntɪˈzeɪʃən/"
}
],
"word": "spirantization"
}
{
"categories": [
"English countable nouns",
"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 lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms suffixed with -ization",
"English uncountable nouns",
"Pages using etymon with no ID",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"Pages with etymology trees",
"Pages with etymon"
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": ":af",
"3": "spirant",
"4": "-ization",
"text": "+",
"tree": "1"
},
"expansion": "From spirant + -ization.",
"name": "ety"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From spirant + -ization.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "spirantizations",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "spirantisation",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "~"
},
"expansion": "spirantization (countable and uncountable, plural spirantizations)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English uncountable nouns",
"en:Phonology"
],
"glosses": [
"The process of a consonant becoming a spirant (fricative) sound."
],
"links": [
[
"phonology",
"phonology"
],
[
"consonant",
"consonant"
],
[
"spirant",
"spirant"
],
[
"fricative",
"fricative"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(uncountable, phonology) The process of a consonant becoming a spirant (fricative) sound."
],
"tags": [
"uncountable"
],
"topics": [
"human-sciences",
"linguistics",
"phonology",
"sciences"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"English countable nouns"
],
"glosses": [
"A particular instance of such change."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(countable) A particular instance of such change."
],
"tags": [
"countable"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/spaɪɹəntɪˈzeɪʃən/"
}
],
"word": "spirantization"
}
Download raw JSONL data for spirantization meaning in English (1.7kB)
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-07-16 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-07-06 using wiktextract (e62056b and e7887d5). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.