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vowel
[ vou-uhl ]
noun
- Phonetics.
- (in English articulation) a speech sound produced without occluding, diverting, or obstructing the flow of air from the lungs ( consonant ).
- (in a syllable) the sound of greatest sonority, as i in grill. Compare consonant ( def 1b ).
- (in linguistic function) a concept empirically determined as a phonological element in structural contrast with consonant, as the (ē) of be (ŧ), we (wē), and yeast (ŧ).
- a letter representing or usually representing a vowel, as, in English, a, e, i, o, u, and sometimes w and y.
adjective
- of or relating to a vowel.
vowel
/ ˈʊə /
noun
- phonetics a voiced speech sound whose articulation is characterized by the absence of friction-causing obstruction in the vocal tract, allowing the breath stream free passage. The timbre of a vowel is chiefly determined by the position of the tongue and the lips
- a letter or character representing a vowel
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Derived Forms
- ˈǷɱ-, adjective
- ˈǷɱ-ˌ, adjective
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Other Word Forms
- Ƿı· adjective
- Ƿı· adjective
- Ƿı· Ƿı· adverb
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of vowel1
C14: from Old French vouel, from Latin dz littera a vowel, from dz sonorous, from vox a voice
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But the kids, with the exception of some open vowels here and there, sounded like pretty generic young Americans.
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“I also make audio files on Dropbox for each of them where I teach them their parts, such as how to get the notes and make the vowels.”
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Investment firm Abrdn will add the vowels back into its name after dropping them in a rebrand that was widely mocked.
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I mean, this is us lining up sine waves, “Minority Report”-style, and seeing where a vowel or a syllable is sort of falling out of place and giving the actor’s accent away.
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He’d make up fake s—, just syllables and vowels, like songwriters do.
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