vowel
25
1.0
- noun
- /ˈvaʊəl/
- Specialized
- Who can tell me a word that has a long vowel sound?
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Watch on YouTubeWhereas 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
2
2.5
A sound made with the mouth open that forms the main part of a syllable
Antonyms
- Specialized
10
3.6
A speech sound you make by stopping or blocking the air in the mouth rather than a vowel
Compounds
- Specialized
1
6.5
A vowel sound made with the tongue near the front of the mouth, like in man
- Literature
1
7.1
A repetition of similar vowel sounds in stressed syllables, as in day and say
- UK
1
7.7
A speech sound made with the tongue close to the roof of the mouth, like the sound in see
- Specialized
1
6.3
A speech sound made with the tongue low in the mouth, like the 'a' in 'cat'
- Specialized
1
9.9
A very weak vowel sound you hear after some consonants in weak syllables
- Specialized
1
7.0
A vowel you make with the tongue near the back of the mouth, like the 'o' in pole
- Specialized
A sound in speech made with the tongue halfway between high and low in the mouth
- Specialized
A vowel after the main part of a word and before endings showing tense or number
How Open
- Specialized
1
5.7
- Specialized
25
1.0
- Specialized
- UK
1
7.7
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.