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long a's

long a's is the plural of long a.

Meaning of long a

Noun

long a (plural long a's)

  1. (phonics) The vowel sound in the words game and cake; /eɪ/. (The presence of a long vowel is often signaled in spelling by a silent e that follows it, as in the examples here, or by the fact that a subsequent consonant is single rather than doubled, as for example in gaming versus gamming).
    Antonyms:
    short a
  2. (UK, especially) The vowel sound in the English words bath and castle when pronounced with an open back unrounded vowel (/ɑː/); associated with southern England accents.
    Synonyms:
    broad a
    Antonyms:
    flat a, short a

Questions about long a's

What is long a's the plural of?
Long a's is the plural of long a.

Words near long a's in the dictionary

  1. lonestones
  2. Loney
  3. Loneys
  4. long
  5. long a
  6. long a's
  7. long absent, soon forgotten
  8. long acre
  9. long acres
  10. long ago
  11. Long An

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