vowel

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noun

1. a speech sound made with the vocal tract open (Freq. 3)
• Syn:
vowel sound
• Ant:
consonant
• Derivationally related forms:
vocalic, vowelize
• Hypernyms:
phone, speech sound, sound
• Hyponyms:
ablaut, diphthong, schwa, shwa, stem vowel, thematic vowel
2. a letter of the alphabet standing for a spoken vowel
• Derivationally related forms:
vocalic
• Hypernyms:
letter, letter of the alphabet, alphabetic character
• Hyponyms:
vowel point