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reduced vowel

reduced vowel noun: a vowel that occurs only, or at least disproportionately often, in unstressed syllables in a given language; usually one that is intermediate in both height and frontness/backness.

Noun

reduced vowel (plural reduced vowels)

  1. a vowel that occurs only, or at least disproportionately often, in unstressed syllables in a given language; usually one that is intermediate in both height and frontness/backness
    • The schwa is a typical reduced vowel, though it can also be a full vowel in some languages.

Forms of reduced vowel

pluralreduced vowels

Questions about reduced vowel

What does reduced vowel mean?
Reduced vowel means a vowel that occurs only, or at least disproportionately often, in unstressed syllables in a given language; usually one that is intermediate in both height and frontness/backness.
What part of speech is reduced vowel?
Reduced vowel is a noun.
What is the plural of reduced vowel?
The plural of reduced vowel is reduced vowels.

Words near reduced vowel in the dictionary

  1. reduced rings
  2. reduced row echelon form
  3. reduced row echelon forms
  4. reduced someone to tears
  5. reduced time
  6. reduced vowel
  7. reduced vowels
  8. reduced word
  9. reduced words
  10. reduced-fat milk
  11. reducedness

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