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THEMATIC VOWEL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does thematic vowel mean? 

THEMATIC VOWEL (noun)
  The noun THEMATIC VOWEL has 1 sense:

1. a vowel that ends a stem and precedes an inflectionplay

  Familiarity information: THEMATIC VOWEL used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


THEMATIC VOWEL (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A vowel that ends a stem and precedes an inflection

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

stem vowel; thematic vowel

Hypernyms ("thematic vowel" is a kind of...):

vowel; vowel sound (a speech sound made with the vocal tract open)


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