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soft-long

soft-long adjective: denoting a long vowel in Middle Dutch that was a short vowel in Old Dutch, and was later lengthened due to being in a stressed open syllable.

Adjective

soft-long (not comparable)

  1. Denoting a long vowel in Middle Dutch that was a short vowel in Old Dutch, and was later lengthened due to being in a stressed open syllable.
    Antonyms:
    sharp-long

Antonyms of soft-long

Questions about soft-long

What does soft-long mean?
Soft-long means denoting a long vowel in Middle Dutch that was a short vowel in Old Dutch, and was later lengthened due to being in a stressed open syllable.
What part of speech is soft-long?
Soft-long is an adjective.

Words near soft-long in the dictionary

  1. soft-launches
  2. soft-launching
  3. soft-like
  4. soft-liner
  5. soft-liners
  6. soft-long
  7. soft-minded
  8. soft-mindedly
  9. soft-mindedness
  10. soft-nose
  11. soft-nosed

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