schwanoun [ C ]
also shwa uk/ʃwɑː/us/ʃwɑː/the weak vowel sound in some syllables that is not emphasized, such as the first syllable of "about" and the second syllable of "given", or the ə symbol that represents this sound
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- alveolar
- approximant
- articulatory
- aspiration
- assimilation
- clear l
- clipped
- consonant
- nasalization
- onomatopoeia
- palatal
- palato-alveolar
- pharyngeal
- phoneme
- pronounce
- silent letter
- velum
- voiced
- vowel
- weak form
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