- broken vowel
- broken vowel n Ling diphtongue f.
Big English-French dictionary. 2003.
Big English-French dictionary. 2003.
broken — /ˈbroʊkən / (say brohkuhn) verb 1. past participle of break. –adjective 2. reduced to fragments. 3. ruptured; torn; fractured. 4. (of a machine, etc.) not in proper working order. 5. fragmentary or incomplete: a broken set. 6. infringed or… …
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