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pleophony

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

The phenomenon by which the Late Proto-Slavic "liquid diphthongs", formed from a vowel followed by a liquid *r or *l, become disyllabic -oro-, -ere- and -olo- reflexes in East Slavic languages.

uncountable

Equivalents

Françaispléophonie
DeutschVolllaut
Italianopleofonia
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CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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