English Explanatory Dictionary

vowel reduction

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of various changes in the acoustic quality of vowels, related to changes in stress, sonority, duration, loudness, articulation, or position in the word, and which are perceived as "weakening".

Word forms

vowel reduction vowel reductions
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