| 单词 | lenition |
| 释义 | lenition[ li-nish-uhn ] / lɪˈnɪʃ ən / nounPhonetics. a phonological process that weakens consonant articulation at the ends of syllables or between vowels, causing the consonant to become voiced, spirantized, or deleted. Linguistics. a type of Celtic mutation that derives historically from phonological lenition. Origin of lenition1535–45 for obsolete sense “mitigation, assuaging”; 1910–15 for current senses; <Latin lēnīt(us) (past participle of lēnīre to soften; see lenis, -ite2) + -ion Words nearby lenitionLenin Peak, Leninsk-Kuznetski, lenis, lenite, lenitic, lenition, lenitive, lenity, Lenni Lenape, Lennon, Lennox Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 |
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