vowel
English Thesaurus
1. a speech sound made with the vocal tract open (noun.communication)
| hypernym | : | phone, sound, speech sound, |
| definition | : | (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | ablaut, |
| definition | : | a vowel whose quality or length is changed to indicate linguistic distinctions (such as sing sang sung song) (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | diphthong, |
| definition | : | a vowel sound that starts near the articulatory position for one vowel and moves toward the position for another (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | schwa, shwa, |
| definition | : | a neutral middle vowel; occurs in unstressed syllables (noun.communication) |
2. a letter of the alphabet standing for a spoken vowel (noun.communication)
| hyponym | : | vowel point, |
| definition | : | a mark placed below or near a consonant (as in Hebrew or Arabic) to indicate the spoken vowel (noun.communication) |
3. a speech sound made with the vocal tract open (noun.communication)
| antonym | : | consonant, |
| definition | : | a speech sound that is not a vowel (noun.communication) |
| derivation | : | vocalic, |
| definition | : | being or containing or characterized by vowels (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | vocalic, |
| definition | : | relating to or associated with or containing a vowel (adj.pert) |
4. a letter of the alphabet standing for a spoken vowel (noun.communication)
| derivation | : | vocalic, |
| definition | : | being or containing or characterized by vowels (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | vocalic, |
| definition | : | relating to or associated with or containing a vowel (adj.pert) |
5. a speech sound made with the vocal tract open (noun.communication)
| antonym | : | consonant, |
| definition | : | a speech sound that is not a vowel (noun.communication) |
| derivation | : | vocalic, |
| definition | : | being or containing or characterized by vowels (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | vocalic, |
| definition | : | relating to or associated with or containing a vowel (adj.pert) |
6. a letter of the alphabet standing for a spoken vowel (noun.communication)
| derivation | : | vocalic, |
| definition | : | being or containing or characterized by vowels (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | vocalic, |
| definition | : | relating to or associated with or containing a vowel (adj.pert) |
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