| 释义 |
consonantize, v.|ˈkɒnsənəntaɪz|
[f. as prec. + -ize.]
trans. To turn (a vowel) into a consonant (e.g. u into w); to make consonantal. So ˌconsonantiˈzation, making into a consonant.
1877Sweet Phonetics 9 The French (w) is narrow, the English wide, the former being consonantized (u), the latter (u). 1879H. Nicol in Encycl. Brit. (ed. 9) IX. 632/1 French..always rejecting, absorbing, or consonantizing the vowel of the last syllable but one, if unaccented. |