Frontness

//ˈfɹʌnt.nɪs// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

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Noun
  1. 1
    Quality of being a front vowel. uncountable

    "The most important aspects of vowel quality are tongue height, frontness/backness and lip rounding."

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backness

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"The most important aspects of vowel quality are tongue height, frontness/backness and lip rounding."

Etymology

From front + -ness.

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front vowel

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