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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. Compare consonant ( def 1b ).
- (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
Derived Forms
- ˈǷɱ-, adjective
- ˈǷɱ-ˌ, adjective
Other yvlog Forms
- Ƿı· adjective
- Ƿı· adjective
- Ƿı· Ƿı· adverb
yvlog History and Origins
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of vowel1
Example Sentences
“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.
Her characters would crash down on consonants, as though landing a plane in the midst of an engine blowout or stretch out vowels in defiance of several laws of physics.
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