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vowel
[vou-uhl]
noun
Phonetics.
(in English articulation) a speech sound produced without occluding, diverting, or obstructing the flow of air from the lungs (consonant ).
(in a syllable) the sound of greatest sonority, as i in grill.
(in linguistic function) a concept empirically determined as a phonological element in structural contrast with consonant, as the (ē) of be (ŧ), we (wē), and yeast (ŧ).
a letter representing or usually representing a vowel, as, in English, a, e, i, o, u, and sometimes w and y.
adjective
of or relating to a vowel.
vowel
/ ˈʊə /
noun
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
a letter or character representing a vowel
Other Word Forms
- vowelless adjective
- vowellike adjective
- vowely adverb
- vowelly adverb
- ˈǷɱ- adjective
- ˈǷɱ-ˌ adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of vowel1
Example Sentences
But the kids, with the exception of some open vowels here and there, sounded like pretty generic young Americans.
“I also make audio files on Dropbox for each of them where I teach them their parts, such as how to get the notes and make the vowels.”
Investment firm Abrdn will add the vowels back into its name after dropping them in a rebrand that was widely mocked.
I mean, this is us lining up sine waves, “Minority Report”-style, and seeing where a vowel or a syllable is sort of falling out of place and giving the actor’s accent away.
He’d make up fake s—, just syllables and vowels, like songwriters do.
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