vowel
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1.0
- noun
- /ˈvaʊəl/
- Specialized
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sonido vocálico
- Who can tell me a word that has a long vowel sound?
Whereas strong verbs change the root vowel in lieu of adding an ending.
- Whereas strong verbs change the root vowel in lieu of adding an ending.
- This time, pay attention to the vowels.
- But before the Great Vowel Shift, which was, well, when a lot of our vowels shifted.
- That doesn't sound after a vowel post vocalic, they could say.
- I for years, I would put a just a before a vowel instead of Anne.
- Same thing here, except with the math vowel smoothing out to a long ah sound.
- He's from Toronto, which is the East Coast, and yet he doesn't have our vowel to pronounce your name Kara correctly.
- So the fact that a vowel is stretched, you can learn that in a Markov model.
- The one vowel that I continued to struggle with was the E is an A sound.
Examples
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In English, the letters 'a', 'e', 'i', 'o', and 'u' are all considered vowels.
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You know, the vowel sounds.
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Let's begin with the vowels.
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Are there letter combinations or particular vowels that prove to be more difficult for them?
Academic text (2015) -
I rather fancy myself because I can pronounce 24 distinct vowel sounds.
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Multiple repetitions of the vowels in normal, clear, and fast speech were recorded.
Academic text (2011) -
Singers must interpret rhythm and pitch while focusing on vowels and singing in foreign languages.
Academic text (2011) -
Matching vowel sounds presented a special complication because Spanish has fewer vowel distinctions than English.
Academic text (2012) -
The teacher explained that each vowel can have a short or long sound in different words.
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When pronouncing words, it's important to emphasize the vowels for clarity.
Synonyms
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A sound made with the mouth open that forms the main part of a syllable
Antonyms
- Specialized
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A speech sound you make by stopping or blocking the air in the mouth rather than 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
How Open
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word vowel comes from the Latin word vocalis, which means 'voice'. So a vowel is a speech sound you make with your 'voice' while your mouth stays open and the air flows freely.