Schwa
//ʃwɑ//
Translations of "schwa" (28 languages)
| Language | Translation | Romanization | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arabic | شْوَا(indeterminate central vowel) | šwā | |
| Bulgarian | шва(indeterminate central vowel) | šva | |
| Catalan | schwa(indeterminate central vowel), vocal neutra(indeterminate central vowel) | — | |
| Chinese Mandarin | 中央元音(indeterminate central vowel), 涮音(indeterminate central vowel) | zhōngyāng yuányīn, shuànyīn | |
| Czech | šva(indeterminate central vowel) | — | |
| Dutch | doffe e(indeterminate central vowel), sjwa(indeterminate central vowel) | — | |
| Esperanto | ŝvao(indeterminate central vowel) | — | |
| Finnish | švaa(indeterminate central vowel) | — | |
| French | e muet(indeterminate central vowel), schwa(indeterminate central vowel) | — | |
| German | Schwa(indeterminate central vowel) | — | |
| Hebrew | שווא \ שְׁוָא(indeterminate central vowel) | shva | |
| Hindi | श्वा(indeterminate central vowel) | śvā | |
| Hungarian | svá(indeterminate central vowel) | — | |
| Indonesian | pepet(indeterminate central vowel) | — | |
| Italian | scevà(indeterminate central vowel), schwa(indeterminate central vowel) | — | |
| Japanese | シュワー(indeterminate central vowel) | shuwā | |
| Korean | 슈와(indeterminate central vowel) | syuwa | |
| Persian | شوا(indeterminate central vowel), واکهٔ بیرنگ(indeterminate central vowel) | švâ | |
| Polish | szwa(indeterminate central vowel) | — | |
| Portuguese | chevá(indeterminate central vowel), schwa(indeterminate central vowel), xevá(indeterminate central vowel), xuá(indeterminate central vowel) | — | |
| Russian | шва(indeterminate central vowel) | šva | |
| Serbo-Croatian | poluglas(indeterminate central vowel) | — | |
| Slovak | šva(indeterminate central vowel) | — | |
| Slovene | polglasnik(indeterminate central vowel) | — | |
| Spanish | schwa(indeterminate central vowel) | — | |
| Swedish | schwa(indeterminate central vowel) | — | |
| Ukrainian | шва(indeterminate central vowel) | šva | |
| Võro | svaa(indeterminate central vowel) | — |
schwa, vocal neutra
šva
doffe e, sjwa
ŝvao
švaa
e muet, schwa
Schwa
svá
pepet
scevà, schwa
szwa
chevá, schwa, xevá, xuá
poluglas
šva
polglasnik
schwa
schwa
svaa
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