Meaning | A speech sound made with the vocal tract open. |
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Synonym | vowel |
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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) |
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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 |
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Opposite | consonant | A speech sound that is not a vowel |
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Spanish | sonido vocálico, vocal |
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Catalan | so vocàlic, vocal |
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