subjunctive vowel
noun
1The second vowel of a diphthong.
2The vowel by which the subjunctive is distinguished from the indicative.
Origin
Mid 18th century; earliest use found in Thomas Nugent (c1700–1772), writer and traveller. After post-classical Latin vocalis subiunctiva, Hellenistic Greek ϕωνῆεν ὑποτακτικόν.
- allophone
- allophonic
- allophonically
- allophony
- allophyle
- Allophylian
- alloplastic
- alloplasty
- allopolyploid
- allopolyploidy
- allopreening
- allopurinol
- alloquialism
- All Ordinaries
- All Ordinaries index
- All Ords
- allorecognition
- all-organic
- all (or just) the same
- all-or-none
- all-or-nothing
- allosaurus
- alloseme
- allospecies
- allostasis