consonantalize

C3O1N1S1O1N1A1N1T1A1L1I1Z10E1

verb

To become, or cause to become, (more) consonantal.

Scrabble 25
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

verbconsonantalize (third-person singular simple present consonantalizes, present participle consonantalizing, simple past and past participle consonantalized)

present singular third person consonantalizes · participle present consonantalizing · participle past consonantalized · past consonantalized

  1. human sciencesTo become, or cause to become, (more) consonantal.

    It is usually defined as a process whereby front vowels consonantalize (palatalize) to the semivowel /j/ when followed by certain other vowels [...] or whereby back vowels consonantalize (labiovelarize) to the semivowel /w/ [...]

    2006, Casper Jan Hendrik Krüger, R.S. Pretorius, Introduction to the morphology of Setswana, →ISBN

Origin

From consonantal + -ize.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Finnish tulla konsonantiksi, muuttua konsonantiksi
  • tulla konsonantiksiTranslations
  • muuttua konsonantiksiTranslations
German konsonantieren
  • konsonantierenTranslations
Polish konsonantyzować, skonsonantyzować
  • konsonantyzowaćTranslations
  • skonsonantyzowaćTranslations
Romanian consonantiza
  • consonantizaTranslations
Cite this entry
APA

consonantalize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/consonantalize

MLA

“consonantalize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/consonantalize. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “consonantalize,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/consonantalize.

Source: consonantalize on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.