• Frontness

    Pronunciation

    • IPA: /fɹʌnt.nɪs/

    Origin

    front and -ness.

    Full definition of frontness

    Noun

    frontness

    (plural frontnesses)
    1. (phonetics) Quality of being a front vowel.Andrew Spencer (1996), Phonology: theory and description, p. 25 :
    2. ''The most important aspects of vowel quality are tongue height, frontness/backness and lip rounding.

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