Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

central vowel

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.32 in modern English

Syllables: cen-tral vow-el
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

n

(linguistics) any vowel sound in which the tongue is positioned halfway between a front vowel and a back vowel.

Example Sentences

"In practice, unrounded central vowels tend to be further forward and rounded central vowels further back."

Questions

What does central vowel mean?: (linguistics) any vowel sound in which the tongue is positioned halfway between a front vowel and a back vowel.

How to pronounce central vowel

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