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vowel reduction

vowel reduction noun: any of various changes in the acoustic quality of vowels, related to changes in stress, sonority, duration, loudness, articulation, or position in the word, and which are perceived as "weakening".

Noun

vowel reduction (countable and uncountable, plural vowel reductions)

  1. Any of various changes in the acoustic quality of vowels, related to changes in stress, sonority, duration, loudness, articulation, or position in the word, and which are perceived as "weakening".

Forms of vowel reduction

pluralvowel reductions

Questions about vowel reduction

What does vowel reduction mean?
Vowel reduction means any of various changes in the acoustic quality of vowels, related to changes in stress, sonority, duration, loudness, articulation, or position in the word, and which are perceived as "weakening".
What part of speech is vowel reduction?
Vowel reduction is a noun.
What is the plural of vowel reduction?
The plural of vowel reduction is vowel reductions.

Words near vowel reduction in the dictionary

  1. vowel point
  2. vowel pointing
  3. vowel points
  4. vowel quantities
  5. vowel quantity
  6. vowel reduction
  7. vowel reductions
  8. vowel rhyme
  9. vowel rhymes
  10. vowel sign
  11. vowel signs

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