sonus medius

短语

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A high central vowel occurring in the Latin language, [ɨ] or possibly [ʉ], that developed from earlier /u/ in non-initial syllables due to vowel reduction in Old Latin. Represented by the Claudian letter Ⱶ, ͱ.

词源

From Latin sonus medius (“intermediate sound”).

来源:wiktionary