roundedness

English

Etymology

rounded +‎ -ness

Noun

roundedness (usually uncountable, plural roundednesses)

1. The quality of being rounded.
   • 2008 April 13, Andrew O’Hagan, “N + 2”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     He has lots of girl trouble, too, and he hungers for status and sits around at Harvard worrying about “the roundedness of his character.”

2. (phonetics) The quality of a sound, especially a vowel, of being rounded or unrounded.

Translations

the quality of being rounded

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(phonetics) the quality of a sound, especially a vowel, of being rounded or unrounded

• Hungarian: ajakkerekítés (hu)
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See also

• labialization