Meanings
adjectivehalf-long (not comparable)
- not comparableBetween a short vowel and a long vowel in length.
In French most vowels are half-long, and are only occasionally lengthened or shortened into full longs and shorts.
1877, Henry Sweet, A Handbook of Phonetics, volume 2, page 60
nounhalf-long (plural half-longs)
plural half-longs
- A vowel that is between a short vowel and a long vowel in length.
Synonyms: half-long vowel
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA vowel that is between a short vowel and a long vowel in length.
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