Lenis

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Articulated with relatively low pressure of the airstream below the glottis, as English (b) and (d) compared with (p) and (t).
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. weakly articulated (of a consonant), hence voiced; especially as compared to the others of a group of homorganic consonants.
  • Word Usage
    "We can see that unaspirated stops are probably "lenis" i.e. requiring comparatively less articulatory effort while aspirated stops are "fortis"."
    Form
    lenition   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Enos    Malvinas    Salinas    Venus    dominus    genus    intravenous    minas    venous    venus   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    nullis    birthstone    angere    delectatur    velit    gerendis    citius    selleth    monstrare    dentibus