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de•la•bi•a•li•za•tion
(dē lā′bē ə lə zā′shən),USA pronunciation n. [Phonet.]
- Phoneticsthe result or process of delabializing.
- Phoneticsthe historical progression in which labial sounds delabialize, as the kw- sound in Latin words in quin- "five'' becoming a k- sound as in Spanish quince "fifteen.''
- de- + labialization 1905–10