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Definition of vowel
Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of vowel is as below...
Vowel (n.) A
vocal,
or
sometimes
a
whispered,
sound
modified
by
resonance
in the oral
passage,
the
peculiar
resonance
in each case
giving
to each
several
vowel its
distinctive
character
or
quality
as a sound of
speech;
--
distinguished
from a
consonant
in that the
latter,
whether
made with or
without
vocality,
derives
its
character
in every case from some kind of
obstructive
action
by the mouth
organs.
Also, a
letter
or
character
which
represents
such a
sound.
See Guide to
Pronunciation,
// 5, 1
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Y
::
Y () Y, the
twenty-fifth
letter
of the
English
alphabet,
at the
beginning
of a word or
syllable,
except
when a
prefix
(see Y-), is
usually
a
fricative
vocal
consonant;
as a
prefix,
and
usually
in the
middle
or at the end of a
syllable,
it is a
vowel.
See Guide to
Pronunciation,
// 145,
178-9,
272..
Servile
::
Servile
(a.) Not
itself
sounded,
but
serving
to
lengthen
the
preceeding
vowel,
as e in
tune..
Triphthongal
::
Triphthongal
(a.) Of or
pertaining
to a
triphthong;
consisting
of three vowel
sounds
pronounced
together
in a
single
syllable.
Tonic
::
Tonic (a.) Of or
relating
to tones or
sounds;
specifically
(Phon.),
applied
to, or
distingshing,
a
speech
sound made with tone
unmixed
and
undimmed
by
obstruction,
such
sounds,
namely,
the
vowels
and
diphthongs,
being so
called
by Dr. James Rush
(1833)
from their
forming
the
purest
and most
plastic
material
of
intonation..
Synallagmatic
::
Synalepha
(n.) A
contraction
of
syllables
by
suppressing
some vowel or
diphthong
at the end of a word,
before
another
vowel or
diphthong;
as, th' army, for the
army..
Monophthong
::
Monophthong
(n.) A
single
uncompounded
vowel
sound.
Cata
::
Cata () The Latin and
English
form of a Greek
preposition,
used as a
prefix
to
signify
down,
downward,
under,
against,
contrary
or
opposed
to,
wholly,
completely;
as in
cataclysm,
catarrh.
It
sometimes
drops the final
vowel,
as in
catoptric;
and is
sometimes
changed
to cath, as in
cathartic,
catholic..
Diphthong
::
Diphthong
(n.) A vowel
digraph;
a union of two
vowels
in the same
syllable,
only one of them being
sounded;
as, ai in rain, eo in
people;
--
called
an
improper
diphthong..
Short
::
Short (n.) A short
sound,
syllable,
or
vowel..
Ecthlipsis
::
Ecthlipsis
(n.) The
elision
of a final m, with the
preceding
vowel,
before
a word
beginning
with a
vowel..
Aphesis
::
Aphesis
(n.) The loss of a short
unaccented
vowel at the
beginning
of a word; -- the
result
of a
phonetic
process;
as,
squire
for
esquire..
Vowel
::
Vowel (a.) Of or
pertaining
to a
vowel;
vocal.
Tonic
::
Tonic (n.) A tonic
element
or
letter;
a vowel or a
diphthong.
Aspirate
::
Aspirate
(v. t.) To
pronounce
with a
breathing,
an
aspirate,
or an h
sound;
as, we
aspirate
the words horse and
house;
to
aspirate
a vowel or a
liquid
consonant..
Devocalize
::
Devocalize
(v. t.) To make
toneless;
to
deprive
of vowel
quality.
Mid
::
Mid
(superl.)
Made with a
somewhat
elevated
position
of some
certain
part of the
tongue,
in
relation
to the
palate;
midway
between
the high and the low; -- said of
certain
vowel
sounds;
as, a
(ale),
/
(/ll),
/
(/ld).
See Guide to
Pronunciation,
// 10, 11..
Shut
::
Shut (a.) Cut off
sharply
and
abruptly
by a
following
consonant
in the same
syllable,
as the
English
short
vowels,
/, /, /, /, /,
always
are..
A
::
A
(prep.)
In
process
of; in the act of; into; to; -- used with
verbal
substantives
in -ing which begin with a
consonant.
This is a
shortened
form of the
preposition
an
(which
was used
before
the vowel
sound);
as in a
hunting,
a
building,
a
begging..
Vowel
::
Vowel (n.) A
vocal,
or
sometimes
a
whispered,
sound
modified
by
resonance
in the oral
passage,
the
peculiar
resonance
in each case
giving
to each
several
vowel its
distinctive
character
or
quality
as a sound of
speech;
--
distinguished
from a
consonant
in that the
latter,
whether
made with or
without
vocality,
derives
its
character
in every case from some kind of
obstructive
action
by the mouth
organs.
Also, a
letter
or
character
which
represents
such a
sound.
See Guide to
Pronunciation,
// 5, 1
Narrow
::
Narrow
(superl.)
Formed
(as a
vowel)
by a close
position
of some part of the
tongue
in
relation
to the
palate;
or
(according
to Bell) by a tense
condition
of the
pharynx;
--
distinguished
from wide; as e (eve) and /
(f/d),
etc., from i (ill) and /
(f/t),
etc. See Guide to
Pronunciation,
/ 13..
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