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vowel

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Pronunciation

  • IPA /vaʊl/

Noun

vowel noun

  1. A sound produced by the vocal cords with relatively little restriction of the oral cavity, forming the prominent sound of a syllable.
  2. A letter representing the sound of vowel; in English, the vowels are a, e, i, o, u, and sometimes y.

Verb

vowel verb

  1. To add vowel points to a consonantal script (e.g. niqqud in Hebrew or harakat in Arabic)

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