vowel (redirected from Vowels)

vow·el  (voul)

n.

1. A speech sound, such as () or (), created by the relatively free passage of breath through the larynx and oral cavity, usually forming the most prominent and central sound of a syllable.

2. A letter, such as a, e, i, o, u, and sometimes y in the English alphabet, that represents a vowel.

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[Middle English vowelle, from Old French vouel, from Latin (littera) vclis, sounding (letter), from vx, vc-, voice; see wek^w- in Indo-European roots.]

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vowel [ˈvaʊəl]

n

1. (Linguistics / Phonetics & Phonology) 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

2. (Linguistics) a letter or character representing a vowel

[from Old French vouel, from Latin vocālis littera a vowel, from vocālis sonorous, from vox a voice]

vowel-less  adj

vowel-like  adj

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	vowel - a speech sound made with the vocal tract open vowel sound speech sound, phone, sound - (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language ablaut - a vowel whose quality or length is changed to indicate linguistic distinctions (such as sing sang sung song) diphthong - a vowel sound that starts near the articulatory position for one vowel and moves toward the position for another schwa, shwa - a neutral middle vowel; occurs in unstressed syllables stem vowel, thematic vowel - a vowel that ends a stem and precedes an inflection consonant - a speech sound that is not a vowel
	2.	vowel - a letter of the alphabet standing for a spoken vowel alphabetic character, letter of the alphabet, letter - the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech; "his grandmother taught him his letters" vowel point - a mark placed below or near a consonant (as in Hebrew or Arabic) to indicate the spoken vowel

Translations

vowel [vaʊəl]

A. N → vocal f

B. CPD vowel shift N → cambio m vocálico
vowel sound N → sonido m vocálico
vowel system N → sistema m vocálico

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vowel [ˈvaʊəl] n → voyelle f
vowel sound n → son m vocalique
English vowel sounds → les voyelles anglaises

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vowel

n → Vokal m, → Selbstlaut m; vowel system → Vokalismus m; vowel sound → Vokal(laut) m

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vowel [ˈvaʊ/əl] n → vocale f

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vowel [ˈvaʊ/əl] n → vocale f

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vowel

n vowel [ˈvauəl]

1 in English and many other languages, the letters a, e, i, o, u. klinker صائِت، حَرْف عِلَّه гласна буква samohláska vokal der Vokal φωνήεν vocal vokaal حرف صدا دار vokaali voyelle אוֹת תְנוּעָה स्वर samoglasnik, vokal magánhangzó huruf hidup sérhljóði vocale 母音字 모음 balsė patskaņa burts vokal klinker vokal samogłoska vogal vocală гласная буква samohláska samoglasnik samoglasnik vokal เสียงสระ ünlü 母音字母 голосна буква حرف علت nguyên âm 元音字母

2 (alsovowel sound) any of the sounds represented by these five letters or by y, or by combination of these with each other and/or w. vokaal حَرْف صَوْتي гласен звук samohláska vokallyd der Selbstlaut, Vokal-... φωνήεν vocal vokaalhäälik مصوت vokaali voyelle צְלִיל הַתנוּעָה स्वर samoglasnik magánhangzó suara hidup sérhljóð vocale 母音 모음을 나타내는 문자 balsis patskanis vokal klinker vokal(lyd) samogłoska vogal vo­cală гласный звук samohláska samoglasnik samoglasnik vokalljud อักษรแทนเสียงสระ ünlüler 母音 голосний звук حرف علت کي آواز âm nguyên âm 元音

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vowel → حرف متحرك samohláska vokal Vokal φωνήεν vocal vokaali voyelle samoglasnik vocale 母音 모음 klinker vokal samogłoska vogal гласный vokal เสียงสระ ünlü nguyên âm 元音