engma
Not valid in Scrabble
It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.
- Scrabble points
- 8
- Words With Friends
- 11
- Letters
- 5
/ˈɛŋ.mə/
Definition of engma
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(countable)The velar nasal consonant found in such words as song or wink.
“The velar nasal (engma) is transcribed as /ng/.”
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noun
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(countable)The velar nasal consonant found in such words as song or wink.
“The velar nasal (engma) is transcribed as /ng/.”
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(countable)The symbol ŋ, used to represent that nasal velar consonant in IPA.
“We kept some of the foreign alphabet symbols such as the accented and umlauted vowels and Greek letters and used the rest of the space for more esoteric linguistic symbols such as "barred-l," and "engma."”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Perhaps a blend of eng + agma.
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