Delabialize

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /diːˈleɪbɪəlaɪz/

Alternative forms

• delabialise

Full definition of delabialize

Verb

1. (transitive, phonetics, phonology) To make into a non-labial sound.
• 1884: Henry Sweet, First Middle English Primer, p. 5the resulting labial vowels were soon delabialized into e and Ä“.
2. (intransitive, phonetics, phonology) To become a non-labial sound.
• 1981: Charles Stephen Bird, The Dialects of Mandekan, p. 170/gw/ may delabialize to /g/.

Derived terms

• delabialization
• delabialized

Anagrams

• idealizable