Definitions
There is 1 meaning of the phrase
Unrounded Vowel.
Unrounded Vowel - as a noun
A vowel sound in which the lips are slack or drawn back.
Example: "Strangely, japanese too shows lenition of dental plosives neighbouring back vowels ie. specifically, the high back unrounded vowel u."
Example Sentences
"He struggled with pronouncing the unrounded vowel correctly."
"The linguistics professor explained the concept of an unrounded vowel."
"She struggled to differentiate between rounded and unrounded vowels."
"The unrounded vowel sound is commonly found in the English language."
"The unrounded vowel symbol is represented by /i/ in the International Phonetic Alphabet."
