fronter
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Is fronter a Scrabble word?
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Definition
adj (English)
1. (phonetics) comparative form of front: more frontExamples: "In the word start, the Maori English vowel is somewhat fronter, despite our general observation that BATH/START is backer than in Pakeha New Zealand English."; "Similarly, diphthong shift of /au/ (the MOUTH vowel) involves a first element fronter than [A] or closer (higher) than [a], for example [kευ] cow; diphthong shift of /ei/ (the FACE vowel) has a first element more open (lower) than [e], as in [plɛɪs] place (cf. RP [pleɪs]); diphthong shift of /ou/ (the GOAT vowel) involves a first element fronter and/or more open (lower) than [o], for example /kɐʊt/ coat (cf. RP [kɵʊt])."; "The full development is Quadrant 4 in which /e/ is fully reversed in relation to /ey/, both fronter and higher."comparativeform-of
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