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long vowel

long vowel noun: a vowel which is normally pronounced somewhat longer than other vowels (usually around 1½ to 2½ times the length of a short vowel); represented in the IPA by the addition of a colon-like symbol (ː, triangular colon), such as /aː/.

Noun

long vowel (plural long vowels)

  1. A vowel which is normally pronounced somewhat longer than other vowels (usually around 1½ to 2½ times the length of a short vowel); represented in the IPA by the addition of a colon-like symbol (ː, triangular colon), such as /aː/.
  2. Any of the vowels or diphthongs resulting from the Great Vowel Shift's effect on Middle English's original long vowels, and best exhibited in the names of the vowel letters A, E, I, O, U. In American lexicography their pronunciation is indicated by a macron, as, ē.

long vowel meaning in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Odia

long vowel in Tamil

நெட்டுயிர்

long vowel in Telugu

a long vowel
దీర్ఘము dīrghamu

long vowel in Kannada

ಉದ್ದ ತೆರೆಯುಲಿ

long vowel in Odia

long vowel
ଦୀର୍ଘ dirgha
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long vowel in Sanskrit
दीर्घ dīrghá
long vowel in Assamese
দীৰ্ঘ dirgho

Forms of long vowel

plurallong vowels

Questions about long vowel

What does long vowel mean?
Long vowel means a vowel which is normally pronounced somewhat longer than other vowels (usually around 1½ to 2½ times the length of a short vowel); represented in the IPA by the addition of a colon-like symbol (ː, triangular colon), such as /aː/.
What is long vowel in Tamil?
Long vowel in Tamil is நெட்டுயிர். See Long vowel meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is long vowel?
Long vowel is a noun.
What is the plural of long vowel?
The plural of long vowel is long vowels.

Words near long vowel in the dictionary

  1. long vacations
  2. long vacs
  3. Long Valley
  4. long vax
  5. long view
  6. long vowel
  7. long vowels
  8. Long War
  9. Long Wat
  10. long wave
  11. long waves

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Adapted from Wiktionary: long vowel (page history and authors); long vowel (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); దీర్ఘము (Telugu) (page history and authors); long vowel (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ଦୀର୍ଘ (Odia) (page history and authors); दीर्घ (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); দীৰ্ঘ (Assamese) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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