Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gimsonian

/ɡɪmˈsəʊni.ən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: gim-so-ni-an
IPA: /ɡɪmˈsəʊni.ən/

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to A. C. Gimson (1917–1985), English phonetician.

Example Sentences

"In the Gimsonian inventory of phonemes, the two diphthongs /aɪ/ and /aυ/ clearly contrast minimally with each other."
"Thorne (2003: 110), though again using the Gimsonian symbol tradition of [æ] for what is universally acknowledged among linguists as being realised as [a] in all but the oldest RP [...]"
"A diphthong in Gimsonian tradition is a gliding vowel with a starting point and a quality change within one syllable."

Etymology

From Gimson + -ian.

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ɡɪmˈsəʊni.ən/

Inflected Forms

more Gimsonian (comparative) most Gimsonian (superlative)

Rhymes With

non-newtonian sheldonian curonian lesvonian sotonian swindonian warringtonian manzonian frederictonian charlottetonian blytonian montegonian

Questions

How do you pronounce gimsonian?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɡɪmˈsəʊni.ən/.
What does gimsonian mean?: Of or pertaining to A. C. Gimson (1917–1985), English phonetician.
Where does gimsonian come from?: From Gimson + -ian.

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