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ecphonemes

ecphonemes is the plural of ecphoneme.

Meaning of ecphoneme

Noun

ecphoneme (plural ecphonemes)

  1. (obsolete) An exclamation mark.
    • The Ecphoneme, or Note of Exclamation, is used to denote а pause with some strong emotion of admiration, joy, grief, or other feeling; and, as a sign of great wonder, it is sometimes, though not very elegantly, repeated […]1858, Goold Brown, The Grammar of English Grammars, fourth edition, Samuel S. and William Wood, page 800

Questions about ecphonemes

What is ecphonemes the plural of?
Ecphonemes is the plural of ecphoneme.

Words near ecphonemes in the dictionary

  1. ecozone
  2. ecozones
  3. ECP
  4. ecphonema
  5. ecphoneme
  6. ecphonemes
  7. ecphoneses
  8. ecphonesis
  9. ecphonetic
  10. ecphorable
  11. ecphoration

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