Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
verb
To make into a non-labial sound.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, phonetics, phonology, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To become a non-labial sound.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, phonetics, phonology, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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 labialize English delabialize From de- + labialize.
