back vowel
Noun
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Noun
back vowel (plural back vowels)
- (phonetics) Any vowel sound produced in the back of the mouth, such as /uː/ in rule or /əʊ/ in pole.
- Synonyms: dark vowel
- French: voyelle postérieure
- German: Hinterzungenvokal, hinterer Vokal
- Portuguese: vogal posterior
- Russian: гла́сный за́днего ря́да
- Spanish: vocal posterior
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