medializationn.
/ˌmiːdɪəlʌɪˈzeɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌmidiələˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/, /ˌmidiəˌlaɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/ Phonetics. rare.
The voicing of a consonant; the action of making a consonant a (voiced) unaspirated stop. Cf. medialize v.
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vocalization1812
voicing1854
medialization1861
1861 W. Stokes Middle-Cornish Poem in Trans. Philol. Soc. App. 80 The same reason accounts for the medialization of the t of tus.
1902 Amer. Anthropologist 4 24 A similar medialization is found with ch, s, which..are..heard after vowels as j and z respectively.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.1861- under way
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- under weigh
- under wing
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- under years
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- under ——'s wing
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- uncle tommed
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- uncle tomming
- uncle-given
- uncle-in-law
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- unclead
- unclean
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