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nouna speech sound made with the vocal tract open
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nouna letter of the alphabet standing for a spoken vowel
Definition that contains vowel
- light (used of vowels or syllables) pronounced with little or no stress
- raise pronounce (vowels) by bringing the tongue closer to the roof of the mouth
- weak (used of vowels or syllables) pronounced with little or no stress
- grave a mark (`) placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation
- accent a diacritical mark used to indicate stress or placed above a vowel to indicate a special pronunciation
- tense pronounced with relatively tense tongue muscles (e.g., the vowel sound in `beat')
- acute a mark placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation
- obscure reduce a vowel to a neutral one, such as a schwa
- glide a vowellike sound that serves as a consonant
- lax pronounced with muscles of the tongue and jaw relatively relaxed (e.g., the vowel sound in `bet')