"close-mid" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: From 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)
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