half-long

adj, noun — 2 senses

half-long

adj

1

Between a short vowel and a long vowel in length.

In French most vowels are half-long, and are only occasionally lengthened or shortened into full longs and shorts.1877, Henry Sweet, A Handbook of Phonetics, volume 2, page 60:

half-long

noun

1

A vowel that is between a short vowel and a long vowel in length.

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