Word info

open-mid

Adjective

Meaning

open-mid (not comparable)

(phonetics, of a vowel) pronounced with the tongue in a position approximately one-third of the way between an open and a close vowel

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Examples

In some languages, like Spanish and Romanian, the phonemic status and difference between open-mid and close-mid vowels was lost. Source: Internet

The other vowels are 'auditorily equidistant' between these three 'corner vowels', at four degrees of aperture or 'height': close (high tongue position), close-mid, open-mid, and open (low tongue position). Source: Internet

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