French/English Glossary of Linguistic Terms

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open vowel

[Subentry of open₁, vowel₁]

Fr    voyelle basse, voyelle ouverte

Synonym(s): low vowel

Antonym(s): high vowel

Related term(s): half-open vowel, open-mid vowel

Domain: Phonology

Source(s): Crystal 2003: 326; Finch 2000: 58; Hartmann & Stork 1972: 158; MacKay 1989: 202; Martinet 1964[trans.]: 48; Matthews 1974: 58; Matthews 1997: 257; Nash 1968: 161; Onishi 1981: 384-385; Pei & Gaynor 1954: 154; Richards etal. 1992: 403

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