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velar pinch

velar pinch noun: the "pinch" that occurs between the second and third formants of vowels immediately before and after velar stops.

velar pinch: the "pinch" that occurs between the second and third formants of vowels immediately before and...
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Noun

velar pinch (plural velar pinches)

  1. The "pinch" that occurs between the second and third formants of vowels immediately before and after velar stops.

Forms of velar pinch

pluralvelar pinches

Questions about velar pinch

What does velar pinch mean?
Velar pinch means the "pinch" that occurs between the second and third formants of vowels immediately before and after velar stops.
What part of speech is velar pinch?
Velar pinch is a noun.
What is the plural of velar pinch?
The plural of velar pinch is velar pinches.

Words near velar pinch in the dictionary

  1. Velaquez
  2. Velaquezes
  3. velar
  4. velar nasal
  5. velar nasals
  6. velar pinch
  7. velar pinches
  8. Velarde
  9. velardenite
  10. Velardes
  11. Velardi

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