reduced vowel
A vowel that occurs only, or at least disproportionately often, in unstressed…A vowel that occurs only, or at least disproportionately often, in unstressed syllables in a given language; usually one that is intermediate in both height and frontness/backness
Meaning
1 sensesA vowel that occurs only, or at least disproportionately often, in unstressed syllables in a given language; usually one that is intermediate in both height and frontness/backness
The schwa is a typical reduced vowel, though it can also be a full vowel in some languages.
Reduktionsvokal, Murmelvokal
- an unstressed, central variant of a fuller vowel.
Translations
1 languagesBy meaning 1
Forms
plural: reduced vowels| Singular | reduced vowel |
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regular
Word family
1 related wordsSee also
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