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pharyngealization

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The act or process of pharyngealizing.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, phonology, sciences

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From pharyngeal + -ization.

Across languages

Translations

15 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: faringalització — act or process of pharyngealizing
  • Chinese Mandarin: 咽化 — act or process of pharyngealizing
  • Czech: faryngalizace — act or process of pharyngealizing
  • Danish: faryngalisering — act or process of pharyngealizing
  • Dutch: faryngalisering — act or process of pharyngealizing
  • Finnish: faryngalisaatio — act or process of pharyngealizing
  • French: pharyngalisation — act or process of pharyngealizing
  • German: Pharyngalisierung — act or process of pharyngealizing
  • Indonesian: faringalisasi — act or process of pharyngealizing
  • Japanese: 咽頭化 — act or process of pharyngealizing
  • Persian: حلقومیشدگی — act or process of pharyngealizing
  • Polish: faryngalizacja — act or process of pharyngealizing
  • Portuguese: faringealização — act or process of pharyngealizing
  • Russian: фарингализация (faringalizacija) — act or process of pharyngealizing
  • Spanish: faringealización — act or process of pharyngealizing