Standard Lemma guide
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Sound
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noun
The inverse process of gemination, when a spoken long consonant is pronounced for an audibly shorter period.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, phonetics, phonology, sciences
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noun
A particular instance of such change.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h1 Proto-Indo-European *déh1 Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English gemination English degemination From de- + gemination.
