Phrase Hound found 18 phrases and 9 compound words that contain merger. The most common are listed below. Open merger in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 18
- phonemic mergerThe phenomenon in which two different phonemes merge and become replaced by a single phoneme.
- nurse mergerA phonemic merger occuring in most present accents of English where historic /ɛr/, /ɪr/, /ʊr~ʌr/ are pronounced identically.
- wine-whine mergerA merger in which [ʍ] (the voiceless sound heard at the beginning of the word whine in a Scottish accent or several accents in the United States) becomes [w] (the sound heard at the beginning of the word wine); in accents where this merger …
- low back mergerThe cot-caught merger.
- pin-pen mergerA phonemic merger where the vowels in "pin" and "pen" are pronounced the same before /n/ and /m/, making "pin" and "pen" homophones.
- father-bother mergerA phonemic merger in English of the vowels /ɑː/ (as in father) and /ɒ/ (as in bother).
- reverse mergerSynonym of reverse takeover: The acquisition of a public company by a private company so that the latter can bypass the lengthy and complex process of going public.
- cot-caught mergerA phonemic merger in some varieties of English (especially American, Canadian and Scottish English) in which the vowels in words such as hot and doll (/ɒ/) and in words such as law and talk (/ɔː/) are pronounced identically, making the …
- weak vowel mergerA phenomenon found in English pronunciation where the phonemes /ə/ (schwa) and /ɪ/ (the near-close near-front unrounded vowel) are not distinguished from eachother when unstressed, with the resulting ambiguous phoneme represented in the …
- line-loin mergerThe phonemic merger between the diphthongs /aɪ/ and /ɔɪ/ that occurs for speakers of Southern English English, Irish English, Newfoundland English, and Caribbean English making "line" and "loin" homophones.
- horse-hoarse mergerA phonemic merger of /ɔɹ/ and /oɹ/, so that pairs of words such as horse and hoarse, war and wore, for and four, etc become homophones.
- cure-nurse mergerA phonemic merger, common in East Anglia, where the /ʊə̯(ɹ)/ (o͝or) vowel merges into the /ɜː(ɹ)/ (ûr) vowel, especially after palatal and palatoalveolar consonants; yod dropping in the /jʊə̯(ɹ)/ (yo͝or) sound may apply as well.
- meet-meat mergerThe phonemic merger of the Early Modern English vowel /eː/ as in Middle English "meat" into the vowel /iː/ as in Middle English "meet".
- cure-fir mergerSynonym of cure-nurse merger: A phonemic merger, common in East Anglia, where the /ʊə̯(ɹ)/ (o͝or) vowel merges into the /ɜː(ɹ)/ (ûr) vowel, especially after palatal and palatoalveolar consonants; yod dropping in the /jʊə̯(ɹ)/ (yo͝or) sound …
- hurry-furry mergerA phonemic merger where the vowels in hut and fur are pronounced identically before /ɹ/, making the words hurry and furry rhyme.
- mirror-nearer mergerA phonemic merger where the vowels in "bit" and "beer" are pronounced the same before /r/, making "mirror" and "nearer" rhyme.
- Mary-marry-merry mergerA phonemic merger where the vowels in "mare", "pat", "pet" (usually pronounced mâr, păt, pĕt respectively) are pronounced the same before r, making "Mary", "marry", "merry" homophones.
- anti-mergerAlternative spelling of antimerger: Opposing a corporate merger.
Compound words 9
- antimergerOpposing a corporate merger.
- mergerlessWithout a merger.
- multimergerOf or relating to more than one merger.
- nonmergerNot of or pertaining to a commercial merger.
- promergerSupporting or favouring a merger.
- remergerA merger of things that were previously split up.
- postmergerOccurring after a merger
- premergerOccurring or existing before a merger
- megamergerA particularly large economic merger.