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tense vowel

tense vowel noun: a vowel produced with relative constriction of the vocal tract.

Noun

tense vowel (plural tense vowels)

  1. A vowel produced with relative constriction of the vocal tract.
    • All of the vowels illustrated [...] are tense vowels; they are produced with a placement of the tongue that results in greater vocal tract constriction than that of nontense vowels...2001, Michael Dobrovolsky, “Phonetics: The Sounds of Language”, in William O'Grady, John Archibald, Mark Aronoff, Janie Rees-Miller, editors, Contemporary Linguistics, →ISBN, page 35

tense vowel meaning in Tamil

tense vowel in Tamil

அரியவுயிர்

Antonyms of tense vowel

Forms of tense vowel

pluraltense vowels

Origin of tense vowel

Compound of tense + vowel.

Questions about tense vowel

What does tense vowel mean?
Tense vowel means a vowel produced with relative constriction of the vocal tract.
What is tense vowel in Tamil?
Tense vowel in Tamil is அரியவுயிர். See Tense vowel meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is tense vowel?
Tense vowel is a noun.
What is the plural of tense vowel?
The plural of tense vowel is tense vowels.

Words near tense vowel in the dictionary

  1. Tensaws
  2. tenscore
  3. tense
  4. tense harmony
  5. tense up
  6. tense vowel
  7. tense vowels
  8. tensed
  9. tensed up
  10. tensegral
  11. tensegrities

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