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Noun: rounded vowel
  1. (linguistics) A vowel that is pronounced with the lips drawn together and forming a circular opening.
    "Thus rounded vowels and labialized consonants affect each other through phonetic assimilation: Rounded vowels labialize consonants, and labialized consonants round vowels."

Type of: vowel, vowel sound

Encyclopedia: Rounded vowel

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