Meanings
verbdelabialize (third-person singular simple present delabializes, present participle delabializing, simple past and past participle delabialized)
present singular third person delabializes · participle present delabializing · participle past delabialized · past delabialized · alternative delabialise
- transitivehuman sciencesTo make into a non-labial sound.
the resulting labial vowels were soon delabialized into e and ē.
1884, Henry Sweet, First Middle English Primer, page 5 - intransitivehuman sciencesTo become a non-labial sound.
/gw/ may delabialize to /g/.
1981, Charles Stephen Bird, The Dialects of Mandekan, page 170
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*de
- Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
- Proto-Italic*dē
- Latindē
- Latindē-
- Englishde-
- Englishlabialize
- Englishdelabialize
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APA
delabialize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/delabialize
MLA
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Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “delabialize,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/delabialize.
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