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schwa
schwa S0145200 (shwä)n.1. A mid-central neutral vowel, typically occurring in unstressed syllables, as the final vowel of English sofa.2. The symbol (ə) used to represent an unstressed neutral vowel and, in some systems of phonetic transcription, a stressed mid-central vowel, as in but.
[German, from Hebrew šəwā', probably from Syriac (nuqzē) šwayyā, even (points), pl. passive participle of šwā, to be even; see šwy in Semitic roots.]schwa (ʃwɑː) or shwan1. (Phonetics & Phonology) a central vowel represented in the International Phonetic Alphabet by (ə). The sound occurs in unstressed syllables in English, as in around, mother, and sofa2. (Phonetics & Phonology) the symbol (ə) used to represent this sound[C19: via German from Hebrew shewā, a diacritic indicating lack of a vowel sound]schwa or shwa (ʃwɑ)
n., pl. schwas or shwas. 1. the mid-central, neutral vowel sound typically occurring in unstressed syllables in English, as the sound of a in alone and sofa or u in circus. 2. the phonetic symbol ə, used to represent this sound. [1890–95; < German < Hebrew shəwā name of a diacritic marking schwa or no vowel] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | schwa - a neutral middle vowel; occurs in unstressed syllablesshwavowel, vowel sound - a speech sound made with the vocal tract openmurmur vowel, murmur - a schwa that is incidental to the pronunciation of a consonant |
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SCHWA Abbreviation for:
schwannomatosis (see there; also called congenital cutaneous neurilemmomatosis)schwa
Synonyms for schwanoun a neutral middle vowelSynonymsRelated Words- vowel
- vowel sound
- murmur vowel
- murmur
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