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wine-whine merger

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Pronunciation

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  • (AU) IPA (key): /wɑenˈwɑen ˌmɜːdʒə(r)/
  • (UK) IPA (key): /waɪnˈwaɪn ˌmɜːdʒə(r)/
  • (NZ) IPA (key): /wɒenˈwɒen ˌmɵːdʒɘ(r)/
  • (US) IPA (key): /waɪnˈʍaɪn ˌmɝdʒɚ/
  • (US) IPA (key): /waɪnˈwaɪn ˌmɝdʒɚ/
  • Hyphenation: wine‧whine‧mer‧ger

Proper noun

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Proper noun
wine-whine merger

  1. (phonology) Wine-whine merger is a merger in which IPA (key): [ʍ] (the voiceless sound heard at the beginning of the word whine in a Scottish accent or several accents in the United States) becomes IPA (key): [w] (the sound heard at the beginning of the word wine); in accents where this merger occurs, whine and wine are homophones.