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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 (a.) Of or
pertaining
to a
vowel;
vocal.
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Semivowel
::
Semivowel
(n.) The sign or
letter
representing
such a
sound.
Circumflect
::
Circumflect
(v. t.) To mark with the
circumflex
accent,
as a
vowel..
Diphthong
::
Diphthong
(n.) A
coalition
or union of two vowel
sounds
pronounced
in one
syllable;
as, ou in out, oi in
noise;
--
called
a
proper
diphthong..
Mine
::
Mine
(pron.
& a.)
Belonging
to me; my. Used as a
pronominal
to me; my. Used as a
pronominal
adjective
in the
predicate;
as,
Vengeance
is mine; I will
repay.
Rom. xii. 19. Also, in the old
style,
used
attributively,
instead
of my,
before
a noun
beginning
with a
vowel..
Low
::
Low
(superl.)
Made, as a
vowel,
with a low
position
of part of the
tongue
in
relation
to the
palate;
as, / (/m), /
(all).
See Guide to
Pronunciation,
// 5, 10, 11..
Sonorous
::
Sonorous
(a.)
Yielding
sound;
characterized
by
sound;
vocal;
sonant;
as, the
vowels
are
sonorous..
Crasis
::
Crasis
(n.) A
contraction
of two
vowels
(as the final and
initial
vowels
of
united
words)
into one long
vowel,
or into a
diphthong;
synaeresis;
as, cogo for
coago..
Com-
::
Com- () A
prefix
from the Latin
preposition
cum,
signifying
with,
together,
in
conjunction,
very, etc. It is used in the form com-
before
b, m, p, and
sometimes
f, and by
assimilation
becomes
col-
before
l, cor-
before
r, and con-
before
any
consonant
except
b, h, l, m, p, r, and w.
Before
a vowel com-
becomes
co-; also
before
h, w, and
sometimes
before
other
consonants..
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..
Triphthongal
::
Triphthongal
(a.) Of or
pertaining
to a
triphthong;
consisting
of three vowel
sounds
pronounced
together
in a
single
syllable.
Elide
::
Elide (v. t.) To cut off, as a vowel or a
syllable,
usually
the final one; to
subject
to
elision..
U
::
U () the
twenty-first
letter
of the
English
alphabet,
is a
cursive
form of the
letter
V, with which it was
formerly
used
interchangeably,
both
letters
being then used both as
vowels
and
consonants.
U and V are now,
however,
differentiated,
U being used only as a vowel or
semivowel,
and V only as a
consonant.
The true
primary
vowel sound of U, in
Anglo-Saxon,
was the sound which it still
retains
in most of the
languages
of
Europe,
that of long oo, as in tool, and short oo, as in wood,
answering
t
Ablaut
::
Ablaut
(n.) The
substitution
of one root vowel for
another,
thus
indicating
a
corresponding
modification
of use or
meaning;
vowel
permutation;
as, get, gat, got; sing, song; hang,
hung..
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..
Semivowel
::
Semivowel
(n.) A sound
intermediate
between
a vowel and a
consonant,
or
partaking
of the
nature
of both, as in the
English
w and y..
Vanish
::
Vanish
(n.) The brief
terminal
part of vowel or vocal
element,
differing
more or less in
quality
from the main part; as, a as in ale
ordinarily
ends with a
vanish
of i as in ill, o as in old with a
vanish
of oo as in
foot..
Shut
::
Shut (a.) Cut off
sharply
and
abruptly
by a
following
consonant
in the same
syllable,
as the
English
short
vowels,
/, /, /, /, /,
always
are..
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..
Guna
::
Guna (n.) In
Sanskrit
grammar,
a
lengthening
of the
simple
vowels
a, i, e, by
prefixing
an a
element.
The term is
sometimes
used to
denote
the same vowel
change
in other
languages..
Sonant
::
Sonant
(a.)
Uttered,
as an
element
of
speech,
with tone or
proper
vocal
sound,
as
distinguished
from mere
breath
sound;
intonated;
voiced;
tonic;
the
opposite
of
nonvocal,
or surd; -- sid of the
vowels,
semivowels,
liquids,
and
nasals,
and
particularly
of the
consonants
b, d, g hard, v, etc., as
compared
with their
cognates
p, t, k, f, etc., which are
called
nonvocal,
surd, or
aspirate..
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