stem vowel

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   a vowel that ends a stem and precedes an inflection

   Synonymsthematic vowel

   Broadervowel

Questions about stem vowel

What does stem vowel mean?

stem vowel means "a vowel that ends a stem and precedes an inflection".

What is another word for stem vowel?

Close synonyms include thematic vowel. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is stem vowel a common word?

stem vowel is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.