A sound produced by the vibrations of the vocal cords; a letter or character representing such a sound (as a, e, i, etc.).
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释义 | the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > vowel > [noun] (101) vowelc1308 A sound produced by the vibrations of the vocal cords; a letter or character representing such a sound (as a, e, i, etc.). vocalc1570 A vowel; a vocalic sound or letter. Cf. sense A. 9. Obsolete. monophthong1616 A single vowel sound; a vowel sound with no glide. vowel-sound1795 oral1885 Phonetics. Short for oral sound, plate, etc. vocalic1902 A vowel. Cf. sense A. 1a. Subcategories:— vowel-like speech sound (1) — quality of being (1) — utterance of (3) — system or use of (4) — insertion of (2) — identifying characteristic of (1) — duration of time needed for pronunciation of (1) — degree to which tongue is raised or lowered (1) — qualities of (4) — pitch of (1) — types of (33) — conversion to monophthong (4) — insertion of connective (1) — development of between consonants (1) — vowel duplication (1) — break between two vowels (1) — combination of two vowels into one long vowel (1) — diphthong (7) — triphthong (1) — semi-vowel (8) — ablaut (14) — samprasarana (1) — making level or equal (1) — vowel harmony (1) — word written with vowel sounds represented (1) |
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