short e

short e

See also: shorte

English

Noun

short e (plural short e's)

  1. (linguistics) The vowel sound /ɛ/, as in the words "pet" and "sled". (The presence of a short vowel is sometimes signaled in spelling by the doubling of a consonant after it, such as in betting as contrasted with meting.)
    Antonym: long e
    Coordinate terms: long a, short a, long i, short i, long o, short o, long u, short u

Anagrams

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.