dévoisement
French, noun/de.vwaz.mɑ̃/
dévoisement is spelled D-É-V-O-I-S-E-M-E-N-T (11 letters). Dévoisement is a French feminine noun meaning “devoicing, surdization” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de dévoiser, assourdissement d'une prononciation”.
What does dévoisement mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedevoicing, surdization
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de dévoiser, assourdissement d'une prononciation. 2. Remplacement d'une consonne sonore, occlusive ou fricative par une sourde.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of dévoisement
- dévoisements plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dévoisement?
- /de.vwaz.mɑ̃/
- \de.vwaz.mɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to dévoisement
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.