英语词汇“e feminine”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

c. (the) e feminine [after French e fémenin (1550 in Middle French, or earlier)] : (in French) a word-final e, given a reduced pronunciation similar to schwa; (also) a similar vowel in Middle English. Later also: a mute or silent word-final e. Now historical and rare.The e feminine is no longer sounded in French as a word-final syllable, but the term is sometimes used to denote any e with a reduced pronunciation.

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1660 H. Savage Reasons shewing no Need of Reformation of Publique 7 The English cannot pronounce the E feminine but by a kinde of stifling of it.

1729 A. Boyer Compl. French-master (ed. 10) 10 The E Feminine is drown'd when joyn'd to a Word that begins with a Vowel; as in Une belle Ame, pronounce Une bell' Ame.

1775 T. Tyrwhitt Canterbury Tales of Chaucer Pref. Ess. iii. §16 Nothing will be..of such..use for supplying the deficiencies of Chaucer's metre, as the pronunciation of the e feminine.

1824 J. Johnson Typographia II. 37 In English, e is marked with a grave in poetry, to prevent its being taken for the e feminine, which, not being sounded, would shorten the measure of the verse.

1878 Programm der Wöhlerschule zu Frankfurt 12 Many words which in Chaucer's time terminated in e, originally ended in a; this broader sound first passed to the thinner sound of e feminine, and then only to e mute.

1904 Mod. Lang. Notes Nov. 202/2 The authors of the sixteenth century are unanimous in their testimony that among the French of their time the e feminine final was sounded very distinctly.

单词	e feminine
释义	> as lemmas (the) e feminine c. (the) e feminine [after French e fémenin (1550 in Middle French, or earlier)] : (in French) a word-final e, given a reduced pronunciation similar to schwa; (also) a similar vowel in Middle English. Later also: a mute or silent word-final e. Now historical and rare.The e feminine is no longer sounded in French as a word-final syllable, but the term is sometimes used to denote any e with a reduced pronunciation. ΚΠ 1660 H. Savage Reasons shewing no Need of Reformation of Publique 7 The English cannot pronounce the E feminine but by a kinde of stifling of it. 1729 A. Boyer Compl. French-master (ed. 10) 10 The E Feminine is drown'd when joyn'd to a Word that begins with a Vowel; as in Une belle Ame, pronounce Une bell' Ame. 1775 T. Tyrwhitt Canterbury Tales of Chaucer Pref. Ess. iii. §16 Nothing will be..of such..use for supplying the deficiencies of Chaucer's metre, as the pronunciation of the e feminine. 1824 J. Johnson Typographia II. 37 In English, e is marked with a grave in poetry, to prevent its being taken for the e feminine, which, not being sounded, would shorten the measure of the verse. 1878 Programm der Wöhlerschule zu Frankfurt 12 Many words which in Chaucer's time terminated in e, originally ended in a; this broader sound first passed to the thinner sound of e feminine, and then only to e mute. 1904 Mod. Lang. Notes Nov. 202/2 The authors of the sixteenth century are unanimous in their testimony that among the French of their time the e feminine final was sounded very distinctly. extracted from feminineadj.n. < as lemmas
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