Meanings
nouncompensatory lengthening (countable and uncountable, plural compensatory lengthenings)
plural compensatory lengthenings
Translations
Catalan allargament compensatori
- allargament compensatorilengthening of a vowel sound which occurs when a following consonant is lost
Chinese Mandarin 補償性延長 /补偿性延长, 補償延長 /补偿延长
- 補償性延長 /补偿性延长 (bǔchángxìngyáncháng)lengthening of a vowel sound which occurs when a following consonant is lost
- 補償延長 /补偿延长 (bǔchángyáncháng)lengthening of a vowel sound which occurs when a following consonant is lost
- 代償延長 /代偿延长 (dàichángyáncháng)lengthening of a vowel sound which occurs when a following consonant is lost
Czech náhradní dloužení
- náhradní dlouženílengthening of a vowel sound which occurs when a following consonant is lost
Dutch compensatierekking, compensatorische rekking
- compensatierekkinglengthening of a vowel sound which occurs when a following consonant is lost
- compensatorische rekkinglengthening of a vowel sound which occurs when a following consonant is lost
- vergoedingsrekkinglengthening of a vowel sound which occurs when a following consonant is lost
Finnish kompensoiva pidennys
- kompensoiva pidennyslengthening of a vowel sound which occurs when a following consonant is lost
French allongement compensatoire
- allongement compensatoirelengthening of a vowel sound which occurs when a following consonant is lost
German Ersatzdehnung
- Ersatzdehnunglengthening of a vowel sound which occurs when a following consonant is lost
Greek αναπληρωματική έκταση, αντέκταση
- αναπληρωματική έκταση (anapliromatikí éktasi)lengthening of a vowel sound which occurs when a following consonant is lost
- αντέκταση (antéktasi)lengthening of a vowel sound which occurs when a following consonant is lost
- αντισταθμιστική επιμήκυνση (antistathmistikí epimíkynsi)lengthening of a vowel sound which occurs when a following consonant is lost
Japanese 代償延長
- 代償延長 (daishōenchō)lengthening of a vowel sound which occurs when a following consonant is lost
Korean 보상적 장음화
- 보상적 장음화 (bosangjeok jang'eumhwa)lengthening of a vowel sound which occurs when a following consonant is lost
Polish wzdłużenie zastępcze
- wzdłużenie zastępczelengthening of a vowel sound which occurs when a following consonant is lost
Romanian prelungire compensatoare
- prelungire compensatoarelengthening of a vowel sound which occurs when a following consonant is lost
Russian компенса́торное удлине́ние, замести́тельное удлине́ние
- компенса́торное удлине́ние (kompensátornoje udlinénije)lengthening of a vowel sound which occurs when a following consonant is lost
- замести́тельное удлине́ние (zamestítelʹnoje udlinénije)lengthening of a vowel sound which occurs when a following consonant is lost
Spanish alargamiento compensatorio
- alargamiento compensatoriolengthening of a vowel sound which occurs when a following consonant is lost
Swedish ersättningsförlängning
- ersättningsförlängninglengthening of a vowel sound which occurs when a following consonant is lost
Cite this entry
APA
compensatory lengthening. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/compensatory%20lengthening
MLA
“compensatory lengthening.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/compensatory%20lengthening. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “compensatory lengthening,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/compensatory%20lengthening.
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