DELABIALIZE


Meaning of DELABIALIZE in English

/dee lay"bee euh luyz'/ , v. , delabialized, delabializing . Phonet.

v.t.

1. to deprive (a sound) of labial character, as in unrounding a vowel.

v.i.

2. (of a speech sound) to lose its labial character.

[ 1870-75; DE- + LABIALIZE ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .