NOUN | communication | vowel, vowel sound | a speech sound made with the vocal tract open |
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communication | vowel | a letter of the alphabet standing for a spoken vowel |
Sounds | vaw'ahl | |
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Rhymes | abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl... |
Meaning | A speech sound made with the vocal tract open. | |
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Synonym | vowel sound | |
Narrower | ablaut | A vowel whose quality or length is changed to indicate linguistic distinctions (such as sing / sing / sing / sing / sing sang / sang / sang / sang / sang sung / sung / sung / sung / sung song) |
diphthong | A vowel sound that starts near the articulatory position for one vowel and moves toward the position for another | |
schwa, shwa | A neutral middle vowel | |
stem vowel, thematic vowel | A vowel that ends a stem and precedes an inflection | |
Broader | phone, speech sound, sound | (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language |
Opposite | consonant | A speech sound that is not a vowel |
Spanish | sonido vocálico, vocal | |
Catalan | so vocàlic, vocal | |
Adjectives | vocalic | being or containing or characterized by vowels / vowels |
vocalic | relating to or associated with or containing a vowel / vowel | |
Verbs | vowelize | pronounce as a vowel |
Meaning | A letter of the alphabet standing for a spoken vowel. | |
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Narrower | vowel point | A mark placed below or near a consonant (as in Hebrew or Arabic) to indicate the spoken vowel |
Broader | letter, letter of the alphabet, alphabetic character | The conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech |
Spanish | vocal | |
Catalan | vocal | |
Adjectives | vocalic | being or containing or characterized by vowels / vowels |
vocalic | relating to or associated with or containing a vowel / vowel |
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