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Showing words for LENITION using the English dictionary
8 Letter Words for Lenition
lenition
7 Letter Words for Lenition
etiolin, loniten, nitinol
6 Letter Words for Lenition
enoint, entoil, inline, intine, intone, iolite, linnet, linten, lintie, lionet, lionne, online, tinnie
5 Letter Words for Lenition
elint, eloin, enlit, enoil, ileon, ilion, inion, inlet, innet, innit, inone, intel, intil, intnl, lenin, lenti, lento, linen, linie, linin, linon, nilot, niton, noint, nonet, oenin, olein, olent, teloi, tenio, tenno, tenon, toile, tonne
4 Letter Words for Lenition
enol, ento, eton, ilot, init, inne, inti, intl, into, itel, leno, lent, leon, leto, lien, liin, line, linn, lino, lint, lion, lite, liti, loin, lone, lote, loti, nein, neon, neti, nile, nine, nito, noel, noil, nole, nolt, none, note, oint, teil, teli, tien, tile, tine, toil, tole, tone, tonn
3 Letter Words for Lenition
eli, elt, enl, eon, ile, ilo, inn, int, ion, lei, leo, let, lie, lin, lit, loe, lot, nei, neo, net, nie, nil, nit, nne, nol, non, not, oie, oii, oil, ole, one, oni, ont, tel, ten, tie, til, tin, tln, tlo, toe, toi, tol, ton
Definitions for Lenition
[1] Phonetics . a phonological process that weakens consonant articulation at the ends of syllables or between vowels, causing the consonant to become voiced, spirantized, or deleted.
[2] Linguistics . a type of Celtic mutation that derives historically from phonological lenition.
Words nearby Lenition
leninist, leninsk-kuznetski, lenis, lenite, lenitic, lenition, lenitive, lenity, lenni lenape, lennon, lennox
Origin of Lenition
1535–45 for obsolete sense “mitigation, assuaging”; 1910–15 for current senses; < Latin lēnīt(us ) (past participle of lēnīre to soften; see lenis, -ite2) + -ion