a vowel
41vowel — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French vowele, from Latin vocalis more at vocalic Date: 14th century 1. one of a class of speech sounds in the articulation of which the oral part of the breath channel is not blocked and is not… …
42vowel point — noun Date: 1764 a mark placed below or otherwise near a consonant in some languages (as Hebrew) and representing the vowel sound that precedes or follows the consonant sound …
43vowel system — Ling. the vowel sounds of a language, esp. when considered as forming an interrelated and interacting group. Cf. consonant system. [1870 75] * * * …
44vowel — noun /ˈvaʊəl,vaʊl/ a) A sound produced by the vocal cords with relatively little restriction of the oral cavity, forming the prominent sound of a syllable. b) A letter representing the sound of vowel; in English, the vowels are a, e, i, o and u,… …
45vowel quantity — noun a) A vowel’s duration of articulation; its length. b) A quantity of vowels …
46vowel — vow|el [ˈvauəl] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: vouel, from Latin vocalis; VOCAL1] 1.) one of the human speech sounds that you make by letting your breath flow out without closing any part of your mouth or throat 2.) a letter of the… …
47vowel — vow|el [ vauəl ] noun count * a sound that you make when you speak without closing your mouth or throat a. one of the letters a, e, i, o, or u, used for representing these sounds. In English, y is sometimes considered a vowel. The other letters… …
48vowel — [14] A vowel is etymologically a ‘vocal’ sound – that is, one made by vibrating the vocal chords. The word comes via Old French vouel from Latin vōcālis. This was short for littera vōcālis ‘vocal letter, letter that sounds’, sonus vōcālis ‘vocal… …
49vowel — noun (C) 1 one of the human speech sounds that you make by letting your breath flow out without closing any part of your mouth or throat 2 a letter of the alphabet used to represent a vowel. In English the vowels are a, e, i, o, u, and sometimes… …
50vowel — vow•el [[t]ˈvaʊ əl[/t]] n. 1) phn a speech sound, as (ē), (oo), or (a), produced without occluding, diverting, or obstructing the flow of air from the lungs, and usu. constituting the sound of greatest sonority in a syllable (opposed to consonant …
