Definitions for vowel point
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
vow′el point`(n.)
any of a group of auxiliary symbols, as small lines and dots, placed above or below consonant symbols to indicate vowels in a writing system, as that of Hebrew or Arabic, in which vowels are otherwise not written.
Category: Language/Linguistics
Origin of vowel point:
1755–65
Princeton's WordNet
vowel point(noun)
a mark placed below or near a consonant (as in Hebrew or Arabic) to indicate the spoken vowel
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