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Gimsonian

UK/ɡɪmˈsəʊni.ən/

Gimsonian adjective: of or pertaining to A. C. Gimson (1917–1985), English phonetician.

Adjective

Gimsonian (comparative more Gimsonian, superlative most Gimsonian)

  1. Of or pertaining to A. C. Gimson (1917–1985), English phonetician.
    • In the Gimsonian inventory of phonemes, the two diphthongs /aɪ/ and /aυ/ clearly contrast minimally with each other.2001, David Jowitt, “In defence of triphthongs”, in English Today, volume 17, number 3, page 40
    • Thorne (2003: 110), though again using the Gimsonian symbol tradition of [æ] for what is universally acknowledged among linguists as being realised as [a] in all but the oldest RP [...]2013, Urszula Clark, Esther Asprey, West Midlands English: Birmingham and the Black Country, →ISBN

Forms of Gimsonian

comparativemore Gimsonian
superlativemost Gimsonian

Origin of Gimsonian

From Gimson + -ian.

Words that rhyme with Gimsonian

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Questions about Gimsonian

What does Gimsonian mean?
Gimsonian means of or pertaining to A. C. Gimson (1917–1985), English phonetician.
What part of speech is Gimsonian?
Gimsonian is an adjective.
How do you pronounce Gimsonian?
Gimsonian is pronounced /ɡɪmˈsəʊni.ən/ (UK).

Words near Gimsonian in the dictionary

  1. gimps
  2. gimpsuit
  3. gimpy
  4. gimsilumab
  5. Gimson
  6. Gimsonian
  7. Gimsons
  8. gin
  9. gin and French
  10. gin and Frenches
  11. Gin and Gospel Gazette

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