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vowelhood

vowelhood noun: the property of being a vowel.

Noun

vowelhood (uncountable)

  1. The property of being a vowel.
    • However, since timing tiers lack the information of consonanthood and vowelhood in other syllable theories, consonanthood and vowelhood must be defined in different ways depending on phonological theories.1997, Hyeon-Kwan Cho, A Phonological Analysis of Consonantal Assimilations and Consonant-vowel Interactions, page 159

Origin of vowelhood

From vowel + -hood.

Questions about vowelhood

What does vowelhood mean?
Vowelhood means the property of being a vowel.
What part of speech is vowelhood?
Vowelhood is a noun.

Words near vowelhood in the dictionary

  1. vowel rhyme
  2. vowel rhymes
  3. vowel sign
  4. vowel signs
  5. voweled
  6. vowelhood
  7. voweling
  8. vowelings
  9. vowelisation
  10. vowelisations
  11. vowelise

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