zetacism

English

Noun

zetacism (uncountable)

  1. (linguistics) A sound change converting a consonant into /z/, the voiced alveolar sibilant.
    • 1860, Leonhard Tafel, Latin Pronunciation and the Latin Alphabet, page 161:
      In the Lettish language, which partakes altogether of a more modern character, the zetacism seizes the dentals, gutterals [sic], sibilants and liquids […]
    • 1997, Calgary Working Papers in Linguistics (volumes 19-21, page 63)
      Alternately, it was proposed that the reverse processes of sigmatism (the reverse of lambdacism) and zetacism (the reverse of rhotacism) may more accurately describe the alternations seen.
  2. (linguistics) The lack of a sound change in a language when languages in the same family undergo rhotacism.

See also

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French zétacisme.

Noun

zetacism n (uncountable)

  1. zetacism

Declension
declension of zetacism (singular only)
singular
n gender indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) zetacism zetacismul
genitive/dative (unui) zetacism zetacismului
vocative zetacismule

References
  • zetacism in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN
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