Definitions for vowelˈvaʊ əl
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
vow•elˈvaʊ əl(n.)
a speech sound, as (ē), (oo), or (a), produced without occluding, diverting, or obstructing the flow of air from the lungs, and usu. constituting the sound of greatest sonority in a syllable
Category: Phonetics
Ref: (opposed to consonant 1 1 ).
a letter or other symbol representing a vowel sound, as, in English, a, e, i, o, u and sometimes y or
w.
Category: Phonetics, Language/Linguistics
Origin of vowel:
1275–1325; < OF vouel < L vocālisvocal
Princeton's WordNet
vowel, vowel sound(noun)
a speech sound made with the vocal tract open
vowel(noun)
a letter of the alphabet standing for a spoken vowel
Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary
vowel(noun)ˈvaʊ əl
in English, the letters 'a', 'e', 'i', 'o', 'u', or the sounds made by these
Wiktionary
vowel(Noun)
A sound produced by the vocal cords with relatively little restriction of the oral cavity, forming the prominent sound of a syllable.
vowel(Noun)
A letter representing the sound of vowel; in English, the vowels are a, e, i, o and u, and sometimes y.
Origin: From vouel (French: voyelle), from vocalis.
Webster Dictionary
Vowel(noun)
a vocal, or sometimes a whispered, sound modified by resonance in the oral passage, the peculiar resonance in each case giving to each several vowel its distinctive character or quality as a sound of speech; -- distinguished from a consonant in that the latter, whether made with or without vocality, derives its character in every case from some kind of obstructive action by the mouth organs. Also, a letter or character which represents such a sound. See Guide to Pronunciation, // 5, 146-149
Vowel(adj)
of or pertaining to a vowel; vocal
Translations for vowel
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
vowel(noun)
in English and many other languages, the letters a, e, i, o, u.
- klinkerAfrikaans
- صائِت، حَرْف عِلَّهArabic
- гласна букваBulgarian
- vogalPortuguese (BR)
- samohláskaCzech
- der VokalGerman
- vokalDanish
- φωνήενGreek
- vocalSpanish
- vokaalEstonian
- حرف صدا دارFarsi
- vokaaliFinnish
- voyelleFrench
- אוֹת תְנוּעָהHebrew
- स्वरHindi
- samoglasnik, vokalCroatian
- magánhangzóHungarian
- huruf hidupIndonesian
- sérhljóðiIcelandic
- vocaleItalian
- 母音字Japanese
- 모음Korean
- balsėLithuanian
- patskaņa burtsLatvian
- vokalMalay
- klinkerDutch
- vokalNorwegian
- samogłoskaPolish
- حرف صدا دارPersian
- غږيز، ږغيز، دعلت تورى غږ وال تورىPashto
- vogalPortuguese
- vocalăRomanian
- гласная букваRussian
- samohláskaSlovak
- samoglasnikSlovenian
- samoglasnikSerbian
- vokalSwedish
- เสียงสระThai
- ünlüTurkish
- 母音字母Chinese (Trad.)
- голосна букваUkrainian
- حرف علتUrdu
- nguyên âmVietnamese
- 元音字母Chinese (Simp.)
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