R-coloured vowel
R-coloured vowel · R-coloured vowels
A vowel modified so that the frequency of its third formant is loweredA vowel modified so that the frequency of its third formant is lowered.
Meaning
1 sensesA vowel modified so that the frequency of its third formant is lowered.
[ɚ] is an R-coloured vowel; its non-rhotacised form is [ə].
Translations
1 languagesDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.