a pronunciation, usually schwa /ə/, that some words have when they are unstressed, as opposed to when they are stressed. For example, the word ‘at’ is normally pronounced with the weak form in the sentence ‘She’s at home.’
Synonyms and related words
Terms in phonetics
affricate
alveolar
articulator
weak form
noun countable linguistics
US /ˈwik ˌfɔrm/
Word Forms
singular
weak form
plural
weak forms
DEFINITIONS1
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a pronunciation, usually schwa /ə/, that some words have when they are unstressed, as opposed to when they are stressed. For example, the word “at” is normally pronounced with the weak form in the sentence “She’s at home.”