1) Ablaut 2) Diphthong 3) Letter 4) Schwa 5) Shwa
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1) Alpha or omega 2) Either half of a diphthong 3) Either of two in this answer 4) Eta or omicron 5) French word used in English 6) Has has one 7) IOU letter 8) It can be long or short 9) Lack of rhythm 10) Non-consonant 11) One of an au pair 12) One of three in Oregon 13) Part of a facetious sequence
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In phonetics, a vowel is a sound in spoken language, such as an English ah! [ɑː] or oh! [əʊ], pronounced with an open vocal tract so that there is no build-up of air pressure at any point above the glottis. This contrasts with consonants, such as English sh! [ʃː], there is a constriction or closure at some point along the vocal tract. A vowe...
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• (a.) Of or pertaining to a vowel; vocal. • (n.) A vocal, or sometimes a whispered, sound modified by resonance in the oral passage, the peculiar resonance in each case giving to each several vowel its distinctive character or quality as a sound of speech; -- distinguished from a consonant in that the latter, whether made with or without...
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in human speech, sound in which the flow of air from the lungs passes through the mouth, which functions as a resonance chamber, with minimal ... [34 related articles]
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Vow'el adjective Of or pertaining to a vowel; vocal.
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Vow'el noun [ French
voyelle , or an Old French form without
y , Latin
vocalis (sc.
littera ), from
vocalis sounding, from
vox ,
vocis , a voice, sound. See
Vocal .]
(Phon.) A vocal, or sometimes a whispered, sound modified by resonance...
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In terms of sound production, a vowel is a single speech sound produced by vibrating the VOCAL CORDS and not obstructing the mouth in any way, as in the // of bank, shaped by the position of the lips into rounded and unrounded sounds as in English /i:/ bee and /u:/ boo, and by the position of the tongue into OPEN/CLOSE as in English /u:/ loot vs //...
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[
n] - a letter of the alphabet standing for a spoken vowel 2. [n] - a speech sound made with the vocal tract open
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vowel 1. A speech sound made with the vocal tract open. 2. A speech sound produced by the passage of air through the vocal tract, with relatively little obstruction. 3. A letter of the alphabet that represents a spoken vowel. In English, the vowels are 'a', 'e', 'i', 'o', 'u', and sometimes 'y'. ...
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A sound in spoken language characterized by an open configuration of the voice tract sthat there is nbuild-up of air pressure above the vocal cords. The Roman vowels include the letters a, e, i, o, u and sometimes y. In all languages, vowels form the nucleus of a syllable. A vowel alscompletes a syllable.
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the open sounds made in speech - as (mainly) distinct from consonants
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a phoneme produced without audible friction or closure. Every syllable contains a vowel. A vowel phoneme may be represented by one or more letters. These may be vowels (maid, or a combination of vowels and consonants (start; could).
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vowel sound noun a speech sound made with the vocal tract open
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In speech, a voiced sound without friction. In the English alphabet the vowels are
a,
e,
i,
o, and
u;
y can represent either a vowel or a semivowel; all other letters are consonants
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a sound that you make when you speak without closing your mouth or throat
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[TEKS ELAR vocabulary] a speech sound made with the vocal tract open
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