lénition
French, noun/le.ni.sjɔ̃/
lénition is a French feminine noun meaning “lenition (weakening of consonant articulation)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Affaiblissement de l'articulation des consonnes, causant le passage d'une série dite « forte » (fortis) à une…”.
What does lénition mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininelenition (weakening of consonant articulation)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Affaiblissement de l'articulation des consonnes, causant le passage d'une série dite « forte » (fortis) à une série dite « douce » (lenis).
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 lénition
- lénitions plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce lénition?
- /le.ni.sjɔ̃/
- \le.ni.sjɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to lénition
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.