"voicening" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: From *voicen + -ing, equivalent to voice + -en + -ing. Etymology templates: {{af|en|*voicen|-ing}} *voicen + -ing, {{af|en|voice|-en|-ing|id2=inchoative}} voice + -en + -ing Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} voicening (uncountable)
  1. (rare, phonetics, linguistics) The process by which a phoneme becomes voiced Tags: rare, uncountable Categories (topical): Linguistics, Phonetics Synonyms: voicing

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