debuccalize

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/diːˈbʌ.kə.laɪz/

verb

To undergo debuccalization.

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Meanings

verbdebuccalize (third-person singular simple present debuccalizes, present participle debuccalizing, simple past and past participle debuccalized)

present singular third person debuccalizes · participle present debuccalizing · participle past debuccalized · past debuccalized · alternative debuccalise

  1. BritishCanadaEnglishOxfordUSTo undergo debuccalization.

    I should point out that the tendency for stops to debuccalize to glottal stop and fricatives to glottal fricative does not always hold.

    2002, Paul D. Fallon, The synchronic and diachronic phonology of ejectives, page 126

Origin

From de- + buccalize.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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