VELARIZING

10 letters 23 Scrabble points

Definition of VELARIZING

verb
  1. To raise the back of the tongue toward the velum while articulating another consonant, such as the l of English pool.

  2. To replace a (usually more front) consonant with a velar.

    "In several dialects of Central German, the cluster -nd- has been velarized to -ng-."

Source: Wiktionary

Word Details

Letters V E L A R I Z I N G
Length 10 letters
Scrabble Score 23 points

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