| NOUN | communication | vowel sound, vowel | a speech sound made with the vocal tract open |
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| Meaning | A speech sound made with the vocal tract open. | |
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| Synonym | vowel | |
| 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 | |
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