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 Definitions of vowel  [ˈvaʊ əl]  

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Definition of 'vowel' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) vowel
a speech sound, as (ē), (&oobreve;), 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

2.  vowel
a letter or other symbol representing a vowel sound, as, in English, a, e, i, o, u and sometimes y or
w.

Etymology:  (1275–1325; < OF vouel < L vocālisvocal)

Definition of 'vowel' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) vowel, vowel sound
a speech sound made with the vocal tract open

2. (noun) vowel
a letter of the alphabet standing for a spoken vowel


Definition of 'vowel' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) vowel
in English, the letters 'a', 'e', 'i', 'o', 'u', or the sounds made by these


Definition of 'vowel' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) vowel
of or pertaining to a vowel; vocal

2. (noun) vowel
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


Translation of 'vowel' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: in English and many other languages, the letters a, e, i, o, u.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: klinker Arabic flag Arabic: صائِت، حَرْف عِلَّه Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: гласна буква
Brazilian flag Brazilian: vogal Czech flag Czech: samohláska German flag German: der Vokal
Danish flag Danish: vokal Greek flag Greek: φωνήεν Spanish flag Spanish: vocal
Estonian flag Estonian: vokaal Farsi flag Farsi: حرف صدا دار Finnish flag Finnish: vokaali
French flag French: voyelle Hebrew flag Hebrew: אוֹת תְנוּעָה Hindi flag Hindi: स्वर
Croatian flag Croatian: samoglasnik, vokal Hungarian flag Hungarian: magánhangzó Indonesian flag Indonesian: huruf hidup
Icelandic flag Icelandic: sérhljóði Italian flag Italian: vocale Japanese flag Japanese: 母音字
Korean flag Korean: 모음 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: balsė Latvian flag Latvian: patskaņa burts
Malay flag Malay: vokal Dutch flag Dutch: klinker Norwegian flag Norwegian: vokal
Polish flag Polish: samogłoska Persian flag Persian: حرف صدا دار Pashto flag Pashto: غږيز، ږغيز، دعلت تورى غږ
Portuguese flag Portuguese: vogal Romanian flag Romanian: vocală Russian flag Russian: гласная буква
Slovak flag Slovak: samohláska Slovenian flag Slovenian: samoglasnik Serbian flag Serbian: samoglasnik
Swedish flag Swedish: vokal Thai flag Thai: เสียงสระ Turkish flag Turkish: ünlü
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 母音字母 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: голосна буква Urdu flag Urdu: حرف علت
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: nguyên âm Chinese flag Chinese: 元音字母

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'vowel' - Nearby Entries  

vouge  voussoir  vouvray  vowel  vowelise  vowelize  vowellike  



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