Source Word
trap-bath split
IPA(Pronunciation)
Noun
(linguistics)
a
vowel
split
in
some
varieties
of
English
(such
as
British
English
as
spoken
in
southern
England,
American
English
spoken
in
Boston,
and
Australian,
New
Zealand
and
South
African
English)
in
which
the
phoneme
/æ/,
as
pronounced
in
other
varieties
of
English,
is
pronounced
in
some
words
as
/ɑː/.
Japanese Meaning
英語の一部の方言（英国南部、ボストン、オーストラリア、ニュージーランド、南アフリカなど）において、一部の単語で母音/æ/が/ɑː/として発音される現象。特に『trap』と『bath』の単語に見られるため、この現象を『trap-bath split』と呼ぶ。
Sense（1）
(linguistics)
a
vowel
split
in
some
varieties
of
English
(such
as
British
English
as
spoken
in
southern
England,
American
English
spoken
in
Boston,
and
Australian,
New
Zealand
and
South
African
English)
in
which
the
phoneme
/æ/,
as
pronounced
in
other
varieties
of
English,
is
pronounced
in
some
words
as
/ɑː/.
