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father-bother merger

Noun CEFR B2
ˌfɑːðə ˈbɒðə ˈmɜːdʒə

Definitions

A phonemic merger in English of the vowels /ɑː/ (as in father) and /ɒ/ (as in bother).

Examples

“The first is the father-bother merger, a loss of rounding contrast in the low back vowels by which the originally contrastive /ɒ/ has been subsumed by /ɑː/ into the fused phoneme /ɑ/.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

father-daughter day father-in-law father-out-law father-slayer father-to-be Father's Day

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