"close-mid" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: close + mid Etymology templates: {{com|en|close|mid}} close + mid Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} close-mid (not comparable)
  1. (phonetics, of a vowel) pronounced with the tongue in a position approximately two-thirds of the way between an open and a close vowel Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Phonetics Related terms: close, open, open-mid Translations (pronounced between a close and a mid vowel): semitancat (Catalan), mi-fermé (French), halbgeschlossen (German), semichiuso (Italian)
    Sense id: en-close-mid-en-adj-pL2AYj5e Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, phonetics, phonology, sciences

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