English Explanatory Dictionary

trap-bath split

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A vowel split in some varieties of English (such as British English as spoken in southern England, American English spoken in Boston, and Australian, New Zealand and South African English) in which the phoneme /æ/ (AHD: ă), as pronounced in other varieties of English, is pronounced in some words as /ɑː/ (AHD: ä).

Pronunciation

trăp′ bäth′ splĭt′ /ˈtɹæp ˈbɑːθ ˌsplɪt/ /ˈtɹap ˈbɑːθ ˌsplɪt/ /ˈtɹæp ˈbɐːθ ˌsplɪt/ en-au-trap-bath-split.ogg /ˈtɹɛp ˈbaːθ ˌsplət/ /ˈʈɾæp ˈbaːt̪ ˌspliʈ/ trăp′ băth′ splĭt′ /ˈtɹæp ˈbæθ ˌsplɪt/ /ˈtɹap ˈbaθ ˌsplɪt/ /ˈtɾap ˈbaθ ˌsplɪt/

Word forms

trap-bath split the trap–bath split

Related words

æ-tensing bad-lad split
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