reduced vowels

A form of reduced vowel — a vowel that occurs only, or at least disproportionately often, in unstressed syllables in a given language; usually one that is intermediate in both height and frontness/backness

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of reduced vowel
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “reduced vowels,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reduced%20vowels.

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