backness

ˈbæknəs
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Translation of backness from English into Dutch

Noun

1.

linguistics

TECH.
horizontal tongue position in vowel sounds
TECH.
  • Backness is crucial in distinguishing vowel sounds.Achterlijkheid is cruciaal bij het onderscheiden van klinkerklanken.
2.

phonetics

TECH.
quality of being a back vowel
TECH.
achterklinker achterklank achtervocaal
  • The backness of the vowel affects its sound.De achterklinker van de klinker beïnvloedt zijn klank.
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Examples of backness in a sentence

  • Linguists study backness to understand language patterns.
  • Linguists study the backness of vowels in different languages.
  • The backness in pronunciation varies among dialects.

backness: Examples and translations in context

Follow me, your running backness.

Volg mij, Sprintende Hoogheid.

All in all it is reminiscent of the laid-backness with which Masters Of Reality deliver their songs, but of course this is done the way of the Greenleaf.

Het geheel doet regelmatig denken aan de relaxtheid waarmee Masters Of Reality zijn tracks presenteert, maar dit gebeurt uiteraard op geheel eigen wijze.

We watched the blackness of the unlit street from our window.

We keken vanuit het raam uit op de pikdonkere straat.

The blackness in the painting symbolized absence and infinite void.

De zwartheid in het schilderij stond voor afwezigheid en een oneindige leegte.

She could not escape the blackness that settled around the abandoned house.

Ze kon niet ontkomen aan de beklemmende duisternis rond het verlaten huis.

Because of pitch blackness, the hunters waited silently for dawn to break.

Vanwege de volledige duisternis wachtten de jagers zwijgend tot de dageraad aanbrak.

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