long a en · NOUN
Meanings
- (qualifier:phonics) The vowel sound in the words game and cake; /eɪ/. (The presence of a long vowel is often signaled in spelling by a silent e that follows it, as in the examples here, or by the fact that a subsequent consonant is single rather than doubled, as for example in gaming versus gamming).
- (UK, especially) The vowel sound in the English words bath and castle when pronounced with an open back unrounded vowel (/ɑː/); associated with southern England accents.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| long a's | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Coordinates
long u · short o · short i · long e · long o · short e · short u · long i