vowel
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- noun
- /ˈvaʊəl/
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vocal
- Yeah, it's the vowels in order AEIOU.
- vowel sound
- vowel-team
- vowel-team syllables
I bet you start off with the vowels and I do.
- I bet you start off with the vowels and I do.
- All right, first, we're going to start off with the vowels A do.
- which after all only consists of five vowels. AEIOU
- So why don't you give me a phrase and we'll do the vowels ones and the consonants zeros.
- It's a second letter, so I think this is probably a vowel, too.
- If you, you know, get a, a vowel in a name or you miss up a consonant in somebody's name, wrong, right?
Examples
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Vowel samples were presented as paired comparisons, the reference and experimental vowels separated by a 0.4-s silent interval.
Academic text (2013) -
All right, any questions about vowels or diphthongs?
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My name ends in a vowel.
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When a vowel letter is by itself, it might say the long sound, short sound, or /u/.
Academic text (2014) -
I also asked them to tell me words that start with vowels; they know a lot of them.
Academic text (2001) -
As a result, the vowels A, E, I, O, U, and Y are found in the central columns.
Academic text (1992) -
I can also tell you that Iowa is the only state in the country that begins with two vowels.
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Between the Vowels and the Consonants, Turner, 1996, I asked the kids to name all the vowels.
Academic text (2001) -
The English alphabet has five vowels: A, E, I, O, and U.
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Words like 'apple' and 'orange' start with a vowel.
Compounds
- UK
A speech sound made with the tongue close to the roof of the mouth, like the sound in see
- Specialized
A vowel you make with the tongue near the back of the mouth, like the 'o' in pole
- Specialized
A vowel sound made with the tongue near the front of the mouth, like in man
- Specialized
A speech sound made with the tongue low in the mouth, like the 'a' in 'cat'
- Specialized
A sound in speech made with the tongue halfway between high and low in the mouth
- Specialized
A very weak vowel sound you hear after some consonants in weak syllables
- Specialized
A vowel after the main part of a word and before endings showing tense or number
- Literature
A repetition of similar vowel sounds in stressed syllables, as in day and say
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word vowel for a letter comes from the Latin vocalis, meaning 'voice', the same root as the word vocal. That's why vowel letters like 'a' and 'e' stand for sounds you make with your 'voice' while your mouth stays open.