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æ-tensing

æ-tensing proper noun: a process that occurs almost ubiquitously in North American English in which the phoneme /æ/ is raised and lengthened or diphthongized in certain or all environments.

Proper noun

æ-tensing (uncountable)

  1. a process that occurs almost ubiquitously in North American English in which the phoneme /æ/ is raised and lengthened or diphthongized in certain or all environments.

Questions about æ-tensing

What does æ-tensing mean?
Æ-tensing means a process that occurs almost ubiquitously in North American English in which the phoneme /æ/ is raised and lengthened or diphthongized in certain or all environments.
What part of speech is æ-tensing?
Æ-tensing is a proper noun.

Words near æ-tensing in the dictionary

  1. Århus
  2. Årjäng
  3. Åsarna
  4. æ
  5. æ's
  6. æ-tensing
  7. æcia
  8. æcidia
  9. æcidium
  10. æciospore
  11. æciospores

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