Long-vowel Definition

noun

A vowel which is normally pronounced somewhat longer than other vowels (usually around 1½ to double length); represented in the IPA by the addition of a colon-like symbol, as, /aː/.

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(English pronunciation) Any of the vowels or diphthongs resulting from the Great Vowel Shift's effect on Middle English's original long vowels, and best exhibited in the names of the vowel letters A, E, I, O, U. In American lexicography their pronunciation is indicated by a macron, as, ē.

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Other Word Forms of Long-vowel

Noun

Singular:
long-vowel
Plural:
long-vowels

Long-vowel Sentence Examples

  • A long vowel when unaccented counts short, thus peccatorem treated as *peccatorem, gave pechadur.

  • In many varieties of the Greek alphabet this symbol was used, as it always was in Latin, for the long as well as the short o-sound and also for the long vowel (in the Ionic alphabet written ov) which arose from contraction of two vowels or the loss of a consonant (57jXoUTE=677XOere, o'lxovs = oircovs).

  • The long vowel becomes more rounded as it is being pronounced, so that it ends in a u-sound, though this is not so noticeable in weak syllables like the final syllable of follow.

  • In second grade, students will learn short-vowel and long-vowel words.

  • At the end of first grade or beginning in second grade, children are taught short-vowel and long-vowel words as well as consonant blended and r-controlled words.

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Words Starting With

LLOLON

Words Ending With

LELWEL

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Words Starting With L and Ending With L

Starts With L & Ends With LStarts With LO & Ends With LStarts With L & Ends With EL

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10 Letter Words10 Letter Words Starting With L10 Letter Words Ending With L