"back vowel" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: back vowels [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} back vowel (plural back vowels)
  1. (phonetics) Any vowel sound produced in the back of the mouth, such as /uː/ in rule or /əʊ/ in pole. Wikipedia link: back vowel Categories (topical): Phonetics Synonyms: dark vowel Related terms: back consonant, front consonant, front vowel, vowel harmony Translations (any vowel sound produced in the back of the mouth): ետին շարքի ձայնավոր (etin šarkʻi jaynavor) (Armenian), 後元音 (Chinese Mandarin), 后元音 (hòuyuányīn) (Chinese Mandarin), bagtungevokal [common-gender] (Danish), achterklinker [masculine] (Dutch), takavokaali (Finnish), voyelle postérieure [feminine] (French), Hinterzungenvokal [masculine] (German), hinterer Vokal [masculine] (German), πίσω φωνήεν (píso foníen) [neuter] (Greek), 後舌母音 (atojitaboin) (Japanese), 후설모음 (huseolmo'eum) (Korean), samogłoska tylna [feminine] (Polish), vogal posterior [feminine] (Portuguese), гла́сный за́днего ря́да (glásnyj zádnevo rjáda) [masculine] (Russian), vocal posterior [masculine] (Spanish), bakre vokal (Swedish), பின்னுயிர் (piṉṉuyir) (Tamil), kalın ünlü (Turkish), kalın sesli (Turkish), art ünlü (Turkish), art sesli (Turkish)

Inflected forms

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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "any vowel sound produced in the back of the mouth",
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      "word": "Hinterzungenvokal"
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    {
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      "sense": "any vowel sound produced in the back of the mouth",
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      "sense": "any vowel sound produced in the back of the mouth"
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      "code": "ja",
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      "sense": "any vowel sound produced in the back of the mouth",
      "word": "後舌母音"
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      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "huseolmo'eum",
      "sense": "any vowel sound produced in the back of the mouth",
      "word": "후설모음"
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      "sense": "any vowel sound produced in the back of the mouth",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "samogłoska tylna"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "any vowel sound produced in the back of the mouth",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "vogal posterior"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "glásnyj zádnevo rjáda",
      "sense": "any vowel sound produced in the back of the mouth",
      "tags": [
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