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univerbation

/ˌjuːnɪvɜː(ɹ)ˈbeɪʃən/
/ˌjynɪvɜˈbeʃən/ Multicultural London English

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Probably from French univerbation, from uni- (“uni-”) + Latin verbum (“word”) + French -ation (“-ation”).

noun univerbations

countable, uncountable The diachronic process of forming a new single word from a fixed expression of several words. Lexicalization and grammaticization compared In Section 3, it was pointed out that there are two kinds of lexicalization which can be usefully compared with grammaticization, i.e. fossilization and univerbation. The discussion and examples in this section will be confined to the more general and wid
countable, uncountable A new word formed by this process. The two suppletive pronominal paradigms *se/o- ~ *te/o- ‘that’ and *i-/ei̯- ~ *e/o- ‘this’ are continued in many IE [Indo-European] languages, both as simplicia and as univerbations with other pronouns and adverbs[.]

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noun (linguistics) the diachronic process of forming a new single word from a fixed expression of several words

Español	univerbación
Français	univerbation
Deutsch	Univerbation, Zusammenrückung, Univerbierung
Italiano	univerbazione
Ελληνικά	μονολεξία monolexía, μονόφραση monófrasi
Русский	универба́ция univerbácija
العربية	نَحْت naḥt

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"univerbation." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/univerbation. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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univerbation. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/univerbation

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"univerbation." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/univerbation.

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@misc{univerbation_2026,
  title = {univerbation},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/univerbation},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}