English Explanatory Dictionary

nurse merger

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A phonemic merger occuring in most present accents of English where historic /ɛr/, /ɪr/, /ʊr~ʌr/ are pronounced identically.

Pronunciation

ʹnûrse mûrjər /ˈnɚs ˌmɚd͡ʒɚ/ /ˈnɜːs ˌmɜːd͡ʒə/ /ˈnɵːs ˌmɵːd͡ʒɘ/ /ˈnʌɾs ˌmɛɾd͡ʒəɾ/ /ˈnʌɹs ˌmɛɹd͡ʒɚ/

Word forms

nurse merger
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