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Zetacism
Noun
Definitions
1.
Noun
A sound change converting a consonant into /z/, the voiced alveolar sibilant.
2.
Noun
The lack of a sound change in a language when languages in the same family undergo rhotacism.
Synonyms
betacism
second palatalization
assimilation
satemisation
transphonologization
postalveolarization
rhotacism
etacism
debuccalization
centumization
sulcalization
sound change
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