nurse merger
nurse merger · nurse mergers
A phonemic merger occuring in most present accents of English where historic /ɛr/,…A phonemic merger occuring in most present accents of English where historic /ɛr/, /ɪr/, /ʊr~ʌr/ are pronounced identically.
UK/ˈnɜːs ˌmɜːd͡ʒə/US/ˈnɚs ˌmɚd͡ʒɚ/
Meaning
1 sensesA phonemic merger occuring in most present accents of English where historic /ɛr/, /ɪr/, /ʊr~ʌr/ are pronounced identically.
Forms
plural: nurse mergers| Singular | nurse merger |
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See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary 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.