long vowel

collocation in English

meaningsoflongandvowel

These words are often used together. Click on the links below to explore the meanings. Or,see other collocations withvowel.
long
adjective
uk
/lɒŋ/us
/lɑːŋ/
continuing for a large amount ...
See more atlong
vowel
noun[C]
uk
/vaʊəl/us
/vaʊəl/
a speech sound produced by humans when the breath flows out through the mouth without being blocked by the teeth, tongue, ...
See more atvowel

(Definition oflongandvowelfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoflong vowel

These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
As a result, the reduplicant contains alongvowelon the surface.
From theCambridge English Corpus
First, the input is alongvowel, hence a vowel that carries two moras.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The finallongvoweleffect was, however, observed in both the noun and verb sentence frames.
From theCambridge English Corpus
There is no form of these nouns which has alongvowel.
From theCambridge English Corpus
In words containing long vowels, the leftmost non-finallongvowelis stressed.
From theCambridge English Corpus
If alongvowelis present, no coda is possible.
From theCambridge English Corpus
If the non-word has a syllable with alongvowel, it is stressed.
From theCambridge English Corpus
If there is nolongvowel, a syllable with a coda cluster is stressed.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Either both should emerge with alongvowel, or neither should.
From theCambridge English Corpus
In the absence of a non-finallongvowel, the leftmost non-final closed syllable is stressed.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Similar coalescence of adjacent short vowels into onelongvowelis widespread.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Candidates (c) and (d) both shorten the unstressedlongvowel, thus violating the highest-ranked faithfulness constraint.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The name of the letter ceases to be acrophonic when it maps onto alongvowel.
From theCambridge English Corpus
For alongvowel, this explains both the intensification of a specific articulation of the tongue.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Unified representations for stress and the syllable 41 parts of alongvowelis stressed.
From theCambridge English Corpus
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
Want to learn more?
Go to the definition oflong
Go to the definition ofvowel
See other collocations withvowel