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metaphony

/məˈtæfəni/

metaphony noun: a sound change in which a vowel's pronunciation is affected by another.

Noun

metaphony (uncountable)

  1. A sound change in which a vowel's pronunciation is affected by another.

Origin of metaphony

From meta- + -phony.

Words formed from metaphony

Questions about metaphony

What does metaphony mean?
Metaphony means a sound change in which a vowel's pronunciation is affected by another.
What part of speech is metaphony?
Metaphony is a noun.
How do you pronounce metaphony?
Metaphony is pronounced /məˈtæfəni/.

Words near metaphony in the dictionary

  1. metaphonizes
  2. metaphonizing
  3. metaphonolite
  4. metaphonological
  5. metaphonology
  6. metaphony
  7. metaphor
  8. metaphore
  9. metaphored
  10. metaphoreme
  11. metaphoremes

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