iotacism
1iotacism — IOTACÍSM s.n. (fon.) 1. Evoluţie a unei vocale sau a unui diftong spre i. 2. Palatalizare a unei consoane sub influenţa unui iot; apariţia unui iot înaintea unei vocale anterioare la început de cuvânt sau de silabă; iotacizare. – Din fr.… …
2Iotacism — I*o ta*cism ([ i]*[=o] t[.a]*s[i^]z m), n. [Gr. iotakismo s a laying too much stress upon the iota ([iota]): cf. F. iotacisme. See {Iota}.] The frequent use of the sound of iota (that of English e in be), as among the modern Greeks; also,… …
3iotacism — [ī ōt′əsiz΄əm] n. [LL iotacismus < Gr iōtakismos] 1. in Greek, excessive use of the letter iota 2. a change, esp. in Greek, of other vowel sounds to the sound (ē) represented by this letter …
4Iotacism — For the palatalization of certain consonants in Slavic languages, see iotation. Iotacism is the process by which a number of vowels and diphthongs in Ancient Greek converged their pronunciation to sound like iota in Modern Greek.Instances of… …
5iotacism — См. itacismo …
6iotacism — /uy oh teuh siz euhm/, n. the conversion of other vowel sounds, esp. in Modern Greek, into /ee/, the sound of iota. [1650 60; < LL iotacismus < Gk iotakismós. See IOTA, AC, ISM] * * * …
7iotacism — noun a) Pronunciation of another vowel or diphthong as [i], or a vowel shift resulting in such pronunciation. b) A misspelling resulting from such pronunciation. See Also: lambdacism, rhotacism …
8iotacism — A speech defect marked by the frequent substitution of a long e sound (that of the Greek iota) for other vowels. [G. iota, the letter ι] * * * io·ta·cism ī ōt ə .siz əm n 1) a speech defect marked by use of the sound /e/ in place of other vowel… …
9iotacism — n. frequent use of the ee sound (sound made by the Greek letter iota) …
10iotacism — io·ta·cism …
