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  chuchoté
  chuchotement
  chuchoter
  chuintant
  chuintante
  chute1
  chute2
chva
  cible
  circonfixe
  circonflexe
  circonlocution
  circonstance
  circonstanciel1
  circonstanciel2

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neutral vowel

[Subentry of neutral, vowel1]

Fr    chva, schwa, voyelle centrale, voyelle centralisée, voyelle moyenne, voyelle neutre

Synonym(s): central vowel, centralized vowel, medial vowel, mid vowel, middle vowel, schwa, shwa

Related term(s): reduced vowel

Domain: Phonology

Source(s): Hartmann & Stork 1972: 151; Matthews 1997: 242; Nash 1968: 153; Onishi 1981: 380 (= obscure vowel, mixed vowel); Palmatier 1972: 103; Pei & Gaynor 1954: 142 (murmur-vowel), 146; Trask 1996: 240


English word list

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  network theory
  neuro-chronaxic theory
  neurolinguistics
  neustic
  neuter
  neuter verb
  neutral
  neutralization
  neutralized
  new
  next higher rank
  nexus
  nickname
  Niger-Congo
  Niger-Congo language

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