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backness en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈbæk.nɪs/

Etymology

From back + -ness.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) Quality of being a back vowel.
    • The most important aspects of vowel quality are tongue height, frontness/backness and lip rounding. 1996, Andrew Spencer, Phonology: theory and description, page 25:
  2. (uncountable) A quality of vowels, indicating the horizontal position of the tongue relative to the back of the mouth (front, near-front, central, near-back, or back).

Antonyms

frontness

Coordinates

reduction · length · nasalization · roundedness · height

Synonyms

frontness

Translations (3)

hu elölképzettség (a quality of vowels: the position of the tongue relative to the back of the mouth) · ca posterioritat (a quality of vowels: the position of the tongue relative to the back of the mouth) · hu elölség (a quality of vowels: the position of the tongue relative to the back of the mouth)