backness
Meaning
- Quality of being a back vowel.
- 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).
Synonyms
Translations
Pronounced as (IPA)
/bæk.nɪs/
Etymology
From back + -ness.
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