English Explanatory Dictionary

horse-hoarse merger

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A phonemic merger of /ɔɹ/ and /oɹ/, so that pairs of words such as horse and hoarse, war and wore, for and four, etc become homophones.

Pronunciation

/ˈhoɹs hoɹs ˌmɝdʒɚ/ /ˈhɔːs hɔːs ˌmɜːdʒə/ /ˈhɔɹs hoɹs ˌmɛɹdʒəɹ/ /ˈhoːs hoːs ˌmɜːdʒə/

Word forms

horse-hoarse merger
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