Backness
/ˈbæk.nɪs/ noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Quality of being a back vowel. uncountable
"The most important aspects of vowel quality are tongue height, frontness/backness and lip rounding."
- 2 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). uncountable
Antonyms
All antonymsExample
More examples"The most important aspects of vowel quality are tongue height, frontness/backness and lip rounding."
Etymology
From back + -ness.