agma

English

Etymology

From Late Ancient Greek ἆγμα (âgma, “fragment, fracture”),[1][2][3][4] from ἄγνῡμῐ (ágnūmĭ) + -μᾰ (-mă).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈæɡ.mə/
  • Rhymes: -æɡmə

Noun

agma (countable and uncountable, plural agmas)

  1. (uncountable) The velar nasal consonant found in such words as song or wink.
  2. (countable) The symbol ŋ, used to represent that nasal velar consonant in IPA.
    Synonyms: eng, engma

References

  1. ^ “agma”, in Collins English Dictionary.
  2. ^ “agma”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
  3. ^ “agma”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
  4. ^ “agma”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

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