"reduced vowel" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: reduced vowels [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} reduced vowel (plural reduced vowels)
  1. (phonology) a vowel that occurs only, or at least disproportionately often, in unstressed syllables in a given language; usually one that is intermediate in both height and frontness/backness Categories (topical): Phonology Related terms: vowel reduction Translations (Translations): Reduktionsvokal [masculine] (German), Murmelvokal [masculine] (German)
    Sense id: en-reduced_vowel-en-noun-2xXQwJJf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, phonology, sciences

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