frontness
noun/ˈfɹʌnt.nɪs/
Etymology From front + -ness.
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Human sciences, Linguistics, Phonetics, Phonology, Sciences Quality of being a front vowel.
- The most important aspects of vowel quality are tongue height, frontness/backness and lip rounding.Andrew Spencer (1996), Phonology: theory and description, p. 25
- Antonyms
- backness