vowel

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Pronunciation

• enPR: vouʹəl, IPA: /ˈvaʊ.əl/
• (also) enPR: voul, IPA: /vaʊl/

Noun

vowel (plural vowels)

1. (phonetics) A sound produced by the vocal cords with relatively little restriction of the oral cavity, forming the prominent sound of a syllable.
2. (orthography) A letter representing the sound of vowel; in English, the vowels are a, e, i, o, u, and sometimes y.

Antonyms

• (sound) consonant
• (letter) consonant

Related terms

• vocalic
• consonant
• liquid

Translations

• French: voyelle
• German: Vokal; (specifying sound vs. letter) Vokallaut; (chiefly elementary school) Selbstlaut
• Italian: vocale
• Portuguese: vogal
• Russian: гла́сный
• Spanish: vocal

Translations

• French: voyelle
• German: Vokal; (specifying letter vs. sound) Vokalbuchstabe
• Italian: vocale
• Portuguese: vogal
• Russian: гла́сная
• Spanish: vocal, letra vocal

Verb

vowel (vowels, present participle vowelling; past and past participle vowelled)

1. (linguistics) To add vowel points to a consonantal script (e.g. niqqud in Hebrew or harakat in Arabic)

Synonyms

• vowelize
• vocalize

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