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meet-meat merger

meet-meat merger noun: the phonemic merger of the Early Modern English vowel /eː/ as in Middle English "meat" into the vowel /iː/ as in Middle English "meet".

Noun

meet-meat merger

  1. The phonemic merger of the Early Modern English vowel /eː/ as in Middle English "meat" into the vowel /iː/ as in Middle English "meet".

Questions about meet-meat merger

What does meet-meat merger mean?
Meet-meat merger means the phonemic merger of the Early Modern English vowel /eː/ as in Middle English "meat" into the vowel /iː/ as in Middle English "meet".
What part of speech is meet-meat merger?
Meet-meat merger is a noun.

Words near meet-meat merger in the dictionary

  1. meet-cutes
  2. meet-her-in-the-entry-and-kiss-her-in-the-butteries
  3. meet-her-in-the-entry-and-kiss-her-in-the-buttery
  4. meet-me room
  5. meet-me rooms
  6. meet-meat merger
  7. meet-up
  8. meet-ups
  9. meetability
  10. meetable
  11. meetaversaries

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