"wine-whine merger" meaning in All languages combined

See wine-whine merger on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

IPA: /wɑenˈwɑen ˌmɜːdʒə(ɹ)/ [General-Australian], /waɪnˈwaɪn ˌmɜːdʒə(ɹ)/ [Received-Pronunciation], /wɒenˈwɒen ˌmɵːdʒɘ(ɹ)/ [New-Zealand], /wəinˈʍəin ˌmɛɾdʒəɾ/ [Scotland], /waɪnˈʍaɪn ˌmɝdʒɚ/ [US] (note: without the wine–whine merger), /waɪnˈwaɪn ˌmɝdʒɚ/ (note: US, wine-whine merger) Forms: wine-whine mergers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} wine-whine merger (plural wine-whine mergers)
  1. (phonology) A merger in which [ʍ] (the voiceless sound heard at the beginning of the word whine in a Scottish accent or several accents in the United States) becomes [w] (the sound heard at the beginning of the word wine); in accents where this merger occurs, whine and wine are homophones. Categories (topical): English, Phonology Related terms: labiodentalization
    Sense id: en-wine-whine_merger-en-noun-Q83GWrW2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, phonology, sciences

Inflected forms

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