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noun
1.
Phonetics. a phonological process that strengthens consonant articulation at the beginnings of syllables, causing devoicing or the formation of stops.
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Linguistics. a type of Celtic mutation that derives historically from phonological fortition.
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Fortition
is always a great word to know.
So is sound. Does it mean:
| For the 'l' sound, having front-vowel resonance; situated before a vowel in the same syllable; produced without frication or aspiration |
| the audible result of an utterance or portion of an utterance |
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