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iotation

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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.

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /aɪəʊˈteɪʃən/
  • US: /aɪoʊˈteɪʃən/

1

noun

Meaning 1

A specific occurrence of palatalization that occurred in the Proto-Slavic language, in which a consonant combined with the palatal approximant /j/ to form a palatalized consonant.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Any similar process occurring in a later Slavic language or elsewhere.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

Examples

  • A form of iotation in the Serbo-Croatian language: s (/s/) + j (/j/) = sj (/sj/), which is then superseded into ś (/ɕ/)

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἰῶτα (iôta) + English -tion.

Across languages

Translations

23 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Finnish: jotaatio — specific palatalization in Proto-Slavic
  • Polish: jotacyzacja — specific palatalization in Proto-Slavic
  • Russian: йота́ция (jotácija) — specific palatalization in Proto-Slavic
  • Russian: йоти́рование (jotírovanije) — specific palatalization in Proto-Slavic
  • Belarusian: ётава́нне (jotavánnje) — process occurring in Slavic languages or elsewhere
  • Breton: yotaerezh — process occurring in Slavic languages or elsewhere
  • Bulgarian: йота́ция (jotácija) — process occurring in Slavic languages or elsewhere
  • Finnish: liudennus — process occurring in Slavic languages or elsewhere
  • Finnish: liudentuminen — process occurring in Slavic languages or elsewhere
  • Galician: iotización — process occurring in Slavic languages or elsewhere
  • Italian: iotacismo — process occurring in Slavic languages or elsewhere
  • Kashubian: jotacëjô — process occurring in Slavic languages or elsewhere
  • Polish: jotacyzacja — process occurring in Slavic languages or elsewhere
  • Portuguese: iotacismo — process occurring in Slavic languages or elsewhere
  • Russian: йота́ция (jotácija) — process occurring in Slavic languages or elsewhere
  • Russian: йоти́рование (jotírovanije) — process occurring in Slavic languages or elsewhere
  • Serbo-Croatian: јотовање — process occurring in Slavic languages or elsewhere
  • Serbo-Croatian: јотација — process occurring in Slavic languages or elsewhere
  • Serbo-Croatian: jotovanje — process occurring in Slavic languages or elsewhere
  • Serbo-Croatian: jotacija — process occurring in Slavic languages or elsewhere
  • Spanish: iotización — process occurring in Slavic languages or elsewhere
  • Spanish: yodización — process occurring in Slavic languages or elsewhere
  • Ukrainian: йотува́ння (jotuvánnja) — process occurring in Slavic languages or elsewhere