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Backness vs Frontness - What's the difference?

backness | frontness | Antonyms |

Backness is an antonym of frontness.


In phonetics|lang=en terms the difference between backness and frontness

is that backness is (phonetics) quality of being a back vowel while frontness is (phonetics) quality of being a front vowel.

As nouns the difference between backness and frontness

is that backness is (phonetics) quality of being a back vowel while frontness is (phonetics) quality of being a front vowel.

backness

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (phonetics) Quality of being a back vowel.
    • Andrew Spencer (1996), Phonology: theory and description , p. 25 :
  • :: ''The most important aspects of vowel quality are tongue height, frontness/backness and lip rounding.

    • Antonyms

    * frontness

    frontness

    English

    Noun

    (es)
  • (phonetics) Quality of being a front vowel.
    • Andrew Spencer (1996), Phonology: theory and description , p. 25 :
  • :: ''The most important aspects of vowel quality are tongue height, frontness /backness and lip rounding.

    • Antonyms

    * backness