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lax vowels

lax vowels is the plural of lax vowel.

Meaning of lax vowel

Noun

lax vowel (plural lax vowels)

  1. A vowel produced with relatively little constriction of the vocal tract.
    • Some vowels in English are made with roughly the same tongue position as the tense vowels, but with less constricted articulation; they are called lax vowels.2001, Michael Dobrovolsky, “Phonetics: The Sounds of Language”, in William O'Grady, John Archibald, Mark Aronoff, Janie Rees-Miller, editors, Contemporary Linguistics, →ISBN, page 35

Questions about lax vowels

What is lax vowels the plural of?
Lax vowels is the plural of lax vowel.

Words near lax vowels in the dictionary

  1. lax bros
  2. Lax pair
  3. Lax pairs
  4. lax up
  5. lax vowel
  6. lax vowels
  7. laxadaisical
  8. Laxalt
  9. Laxamana
  10. Laxamanas
  11. laxanthone

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