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  1. lenite: Merriam-Webster
  2. lenite: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. lenite: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. lenite: Collins English Dictionary
  5. lenite: Wiktionary
  6. lenite: Dictionary.com
  7. lenite: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (lenite)

▸ verb:  (phonetics, phonology, transitive) To cause (a consonant) to undergo lenition.
▸ verb:  (phonetics, phonology, intransitive) To undergo lenition.

Similar:
delabialize, lithe, depalatalize, lessen, lowen, assibilate, monophthongize, Liss, diphthongize, deglottalize, more...

Opposite:
fortis, aspirated, strong

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Similar:
delabialize, lithe, depalatalize, lessen, lowen, assibilate, monophthongize, Liss, diphthongize, deglottalize, more...

Opposite:
fortis, aspirated, strong



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