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half-long en · ADJ

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Between a short vowel and a long vowel in length.
   • In French most vowels are half-long, and are only occasionally lengthened or shortened into full longs and shorts. 1877, Henry Sweet, A Handbook of Phonetics, volume 2, page 60:

half-long en · NOUN

Meanings

1. A vowel that is between a short vowel and a long vowel in length.

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Synonyms

half-long vowel