This vowel change has much to do with the overall accent pattern assigned to each word.
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Vowel
//ˈvaʊ.əl//
Synonyms for "vowel" (130 found)
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Closest matches (26)
Strong matches (39)
Related words (65)
openoxytonepalatalpalatalizedparasitic vowelpeakpharyngealpharyngealizationpharyngealizedphonephonemephonemicphoneticphonicpitchpitchedplosiveposttonicprothetic vowelretroflex
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Noun(1 words)
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8 entriesAntonyms
2 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesRelated terms
19 entriesShowing 16 of 19 words.
derived
49 entriesShowing 16 of 49 words.
has context
3 entriesis a
3 entriespart of
1 entriesrelated to
16 entriesTranslations
217 translations across 105 languages.
Afrikaans
4 entries- klinker noun (sound)
- klinker noun (letter)
- vokaal noun (sound)
- vokaal noun (letter)
Albanian
1 entries- zanore noun (sound)
Ancient Greek
3 entries- φωνήεντα noun (sound)
- φωνῆεν noun (sound)
- φωνῆεν noun (letter)
Arabic
4 entries- حَرَكَة noun (letter)
- حَرْفُ مَدّ noun (letter)
- صَائِت noun (sound)
- مُصَوِّت noun (sound)
Aragonese
2 entries- vocal noun (sound)
- vocal noun (letter)
Armenian
2 entries- ձայնավոր noun (sound)
- ձայնավոր noun (letter)
Asturian
2 entries- vocal noun (sound)
- vocal noun (letter)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- sait noun (sound)
Bashkir
2 entries- һуҙынҡы noun (sound)
- һуҙынҡы noun (letter)
Basque
2 entries- bokal noun (sound)
- bokal noun (letter)
Belarusian
2 entries- гало́сная noun (letter)
- гало́сны noun (sound)
Bengali
1 entries- স্বর noun (sound)
Bikol Central
2 entries- tiyaw noun (sound)
- tiyaw noun (letter)
Bulgarian
2 entries- гла́сна noun (sound)
- гла́сна noun (letter)
Burmese
1 entries- သရ noun (sound)
Catalan
2 entries- vocal noun (sound)
- vocal noun (letter)
Central Dusun
1 entries- vokal noun (letter)
Chechen
2 entries- мукъаме noun (sound)
- мукъаме noun (letter)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 元音 noun (sound)
- 元音 noun (letter)
- 母音 noun (sound)
- 母音 noun (letter)
Corsican
2 entries- vucale noun (sound)
- vucale noun (letter)
Czech
2 entries- samohláska noun (sound)
- samohláska noun (letter)
Danish
3 entries- selvlyd noun (sound)
- vokal noun (sound)
- vokal noun (letter)
Dutch
3 entries- klinker noun (sound)
- klinker noun (letter)
- klinkerklank noun (sound)
Esperanto
1 entries- vokalo noun (sound)
Estonian
2 entries- täishäälik noun (sound)
- vokaal noun (sound)
Faroese
2 entries- sjálvljóð noun (sound)
- sjálvljóð noun (letter)
Finnish
2 entries- vokaali noun (sound)
- vokaali noun (letter)
French
2 entries- voyelle noun (sound)
- voyelle noun (letter)
Galician
3 entries- letra vogal noun (letter)
- vogal noun (sound)
- vogal noun (letter)
Georgian
2 entries- ხმოვანი noun (sound)
- ხმოვანი noun (letter)
German
4 entries- Selbstlaut noun (sound)
- Vokal noun (sound)
- Vokal noun (letter)
- Vokalbuchstabe noun (letter)
Greek
2 entries- φωνήεν noun (sound)
- φωνήεν noun (letter)
Gujarati
2 entries- સ્વર noun (sound)
- સ્વર noun (letter)
Haitian Creole
1 entries- vwayèl noun (sound)
Hausa
1 entries- wasali noun (sound)
Hawaiian
1 entries- woela noun (sound)
Hebrew
1 entries- תְּנוּעָה noun (sound)
Hindi
2 entries- सुर noun (sound)
- स्वर noun (sound)
Hungarian
3 entries- magánhangzó noun (sound)
- magánhangzó noun (letter)
- magánhangzóbetű noun (letter)
Icelandic
2 entries- sérhljóð noun (sound)
- sérhljóði noun (letter)
Indonesian
4 entries- huruf hidup noun (sound)
- huruf hidup noun (letter)
- vokal noun (sound)
- vokal noun (letter)
Ingrian
4 entries- glasnoi noun (sound)
- glasnoi noun (letter)
- vokala noun (sound)
- vokala noun (letter)
Interlingua
2 entries- vocal noun (sound)
- vocal noun (letter)
Iranian Persian
2 entries- واکِه noun (sound)
- واکِه noun (letter)
Irish
2 entries- guta noun (sound)
- guta noun (letter)
Italian
2 entries- vocale noun (sound)
- vocale noun (letter)
Japanese
3 entries- 母音 noun (sound)
- 母音 noun (letter)
- 母音字 noun (letter)
Kalmyk
1 entries- эгшг noun (sound)
Kankanaey
1 entries- patinig noun (letter)
Kapampangan
3 entries- kakatni noun (sound)
- siuala noun (letter)
- siwala noun (letter)
Kazakh
1 entries- дауысты noun (sound)
Khmer
2 entries- ស្រៈ noun (sound)
- ស្វរៈ noun (sound)
Korean
3 entries- 모음 noun (sound)
- 모음 noun (letter)
- 홀소리 noun (sound)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- үндүү noun (sound)
Lao
2 entries- ສະຫລະ noun (sound)
- ສະຫລະ noun (letter)
Latin
1 entries- vōcālis noun (sound)
Latvian
4 entries- patskanis noun (sound)
- patskanis noun (letter)
- vokālis noun (sound)
- vokālis noun (letter)
Lithuanian
1 entries- balsis noun (sound)
Macedonian
2 entries- само́гласка noun (sound)
- само́гласка noun (letter)
Malagasy
1 entries- zanatsoratra noun (letter)
Malay
4 entries- bunyi hidup noun (sound)
- huruf hidup noun (letter)
- vokal noun (sound)
- vokal noun (letter)
Meänkieli
1 entries- vukaali noun (sound)
Mongolian
3 entries- эгшиг noun (sound)
- эгшиг үсэг noun (letter)
- ᠡᠭᠡᠰᠢᠭ noun (sound)
Māori
2 entries- oro puare noun (sound)
- oro puare noun (letter)
Navajo
1 entries- zaʼáán noun (sound)
Northern Mansi
1 entries- турыӈ суй noun (sound)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- vokal noun (sound)
Occitan
2 entries- vocala noun (sound)
- vocala noun (letter)
Old Norse
1 entries- hljóðstafr noun (sound)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Metlut noun (sound)
Polish
2 entries- samogłoska noun (sound)
- samogłoska noun (letter)
Portuguese
2 entries- vogal noun (sound)
- vogal noun (letter)
Punjabi
1 entries- ਸਵਰ noun (sound)
Romanian
2 entries- vocală noun (sound)
- vocală noun (letter)
Romansch
2 entries- vocal noun (sound)
- vocal noun (letter)
Russian
2 entries- гла́сная noun (letter)
- гла́сный noun (sound)
Sanskrit
2 entries- स्वर noun (sound)
- स्वर noun (letter)
Scots
1 entries- vouel noun (letter)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- fuaimreag noun (sound)
- fuaimreag noun (letter)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- samoglas noun (sound)
- samoglas noun (letter)
- sȁmoglasnīk noun (sound)
- sȁmoglasnīk noun (letter)
Slovak
2 entries- samohláska noun (sound)
- samohláska noun (letter)
Slovene
1 entries- samoglasnik noun (sound)
Southern Altai
1 entries- ӱндӱ noun (sound)
Spanish
3 entries- letra vocal noun (letter)
- vocal noun (sound)
- vocal noun (letter)
Swahili
4 entries- irabu noun (sound)
- irabu noun (letter)
- vokali noun (sound)
- vokali noun (letter)
Swedish
4 entries- självljud noun (sound)
- vokal noun (sound)
- vokal noun (letter)
- vokalljud noun (sound)
Tagalog
2 entries- patinig noun (sound)
- patinig noun (letter)
Tajik
1 entries- садонок noun (sound)
Tamil
1 entries- உயிரெழுத்து noun (letter)
Telugu
2 entries- అచ్చు noun (sound)
- అచ్చు noun (letter)
Thai
3 entries- สระ noun (sound)
- สระ noun (letter)
- เสียงสระ noun (letter)
Turkish
3 entries- sesli noun (sound)
- ünlü noun (sound)
- ünlü noun (letter)
Turkmen
1 entries- çekimli noun (sound)
Ukrainian
2 entries- голосна́ noun (letter)
- голосни́й noun (sound)
Urdu
1 entries- مُصَوِّت noun (sound)
Uyghur
1 entries- سوزۇق تاۋۇش noun (sound)
Uzbek
1 entries- unli noun (sound)
Veps
2 entries- vokalʹ noun (sound)
- vokalʹ noun (letter)
Vietnamese
2 entries- mẫu âm noun (sound)
- nguyên âm noun (sound)
Volapük
3 entries- vokat noun (sound)
- vokat noun (letter)
- vokatatonat noun (letter)
Walloon
2 entries- voyale noun (sound)
- voyale noun (letter)
Welsh
1 entries- llafariad noun (sound)
Yiddish
1 entries- וואָקאַל noun (sound)
Yoruba
2 entries- fáwẹ̀lì noun (sound)
- fáwẹ̀lì noun (letter)
Zulu
1 entries- unkamisa class 1a/2a noun (sound)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
A schwa represents a neutral vowel.
Source: tatoeba (483719)
Vowel harmony is important in the Hungarian language.
Source: tatoeba (1437334)
Lojban has six vowels, /a e i o u ə/ written <a e i o u y>. The last vowel is all you need for the "marshmallow effect."
Source: tatoeba (1599679)
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