Definitions for lenition
lenition
le·ni·tion
Spelling: [li-nish-uh n]
IPA: /lɪˈnɪʃ ən/
Lenition is a 8 letter English word.
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You can make 161 anagrams from letters in lenition (eiilnnot).
Definitions for lenition
noun
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Phonetics. a phonological process that weakens consonant articulation at the ends of syllables or between vowels, causing the consonant to become voiced, spirantized, or deleted.
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Linguistics. a type of Celtic mutation that derives historically from phonological lenition.
Origin of lenition
1535-45 for obsolete sense “mitigation, assuaging”; 1910-15 for current senses; Latin lēnīt(us) (past participle of lēnīre to soften; see lenis,