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vowel

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English

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vowel

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Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishvowel, fromOld Frenchvouel, a variant ofvoyeul (whenceFrenchvoyelle), fromLatinvōcālis(“voiced”), itself asemantic loan ofKoine Greekφωνῆεν(phōnêen).Doublet ofvocal andvocalis.

Pronunciation

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enPR:vouʹəl,IPA^(key): /ˈvaʊ.əl/
(also)enPR:voul,IPA^(key): /vaʊl/
- Audio(London): (file)
- Audio(US): (file)
Rhymes:-aʊəl,-aʊl

Noun

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vowel (pluralvowels)

(phonetics) A sound produced by thevocal cords with relatively little restriction of theoral cavity, forming the prominent sound of asyllable.
In Welsh, thew usually represents avowel.
(orthography) Aletter ordiacritic representing the sound of a vowel; in English, the vowels area,e,i,o,u,w (rarely),y (sometimes).
Facetiously is spelled with all sixvowels in alphabetical order.

Usage notes

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Apart froma and possiblyo, all vowel letters may also representconsonants (semivowels) in English. For example,y inyes,i inSpaniard,u inpersuade, anderighteous (when pronounced withoutYod coalescence).

Antonyms

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(antonym(s) of“sound”):consonant
(antonym(s) of“letter”):consonant

→ Hawaiian:woela
→ Yoruba:fáwẹ̀lì

Translations

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sound

Afrikaans:klinker (af),vokaal (af)
Albanian:zanore (sq) f
Altai:
Southern Altai:ӱндӱ(ündü)
Arabic:صَائِت m(ṣāʔit),مُصَوِّت m(muṣawwit)
Aragonese:vocal f
Armenian:ձայնավոր (hy)(jaynavor)
Asturian:vocal (ast) f
Azerbaijani:sait
Bashkir:һуҙынҡы(huźınqı)
Basque:bokal
Belarusian:гало́сны (be) m(halósny)
Bengali:স্বর (bn)(śor)
Bikol:
Central Bikol:tiyaw
Bulgarian:гла́сна (bg) f(glásna)
Burmese:သရ (my)(sa.ra.)
Catalan:vocal (ca) f
Chechen:мукъаме(muqʼame)
Chinese:
Mandarin:母音 (zh)(mǔyīn),元音 (zh)(yuányīn)
Corsican:vucale f
Czech:samohláska (cs) f
Danish:vokal (da) c,selvlyd(rare)
Dutch:klinker (nl) m,klinkerklank m
Esperanto:vokalo
Estonian:täishäälik (et),vokaal (et)
Faroese:sjálvljóð n
Finnish:vokaali (fi)
French:voyelle (fr) f
Galician:vogal (gl) f
Georgian:ხმოვანი(xmovani)
German:Vokal (de) m;(specifying sound vs. letter)Vokallaut m;(chiefly elementary school)Selbstlaut (de) m
Greek:φωνήεν (el) n(foníen)
Ancient Greek:φωνήεντα (γράμματα) n pl(phōnḗenta (grámmata)),φωνῆεν n(phōnêen)
Gujarati:સ્વર n(svar)
Haitian Creole:vwayèl
Hausa:wasali
Hawaiian:woela
Hebrew:תְּנוּעָה (he) f(tnu‘á)
Hindi:स्वर (hi) m(svar),सुर (hi) m(sur)
Hungarian:magánhangzó (hu)
Icelandic:sérhljóð (is) n
Indonesian:huruf hidup (id),vokal (id)
Ingrian:vokala,glasnoi
Interlingua:vocal
Irish:guta (ga) m
Italian:vocale (it) f
Japanese:母音 (ja)(ぼいん, boin)
Kalmyk:эгшг(egşg)
Kapampangan:kakatni
Kazakh:дауысты(dauysty)
Khmer:ស្រៈ (km)(sraʼ),ស្វរៈ (km)(svaʼraʼ)
Korean:모음(母音) (ko)(mo'eum),홀소리 (ko)(holsori)
Kyrgyz:үндүү (ky)(ündüü)
Lao:ສະຫລະ(sa la)
Latin:vōcālis (la) f
Latvian:patskanis m,vokālis m
Lithuanian:balsis (lt)
Macedonian:само́гласка f(samóglaska)
Malay:bunyi hidup,vokal
Mansi:
Northern Mansi:турыӈ суй(turyň suj)
Māori:oro puare
Meänkieli:vukaali
Mongolian:
Cyrillic:эгшиг (mn)(egšig)
Mongolian script:ᠡᠭᠡᠰᠢᠭ(egesig)
Navajo:zaʼáán
Norwegian:
Bokmål:vokal (no) m
Occitan:vocala (oc) f
Old Norse:hljóðstafr
Persian:
Iranian Persian:واکِه (fa)(vâke)
Plautdietsch:Metlut m
Polish:samogłoska (pl) f
Portuguese:vogal (pt) f
Punjabi:ਸਵਰ m(savar)
Romanian:vocală (ro) f
Romansh:vocal m
Russian:гла́сный (ru) m(glásnyj)
Sanskrit:स्वर (sa) m(svara)
Scottish Gaelic:fuaimreag f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic:самоглас m,са̏могласнӣк m,во̀ка̄л m
Latin:samoglas m,sȁmoglasnīk (sh) m,vòkāl (sh) m
Slovak:samohláska f
Slovene:samoglasnik (sl) m
Spanish:vocal (es) f
Swahili:vokali (sw),irabu (sw)
Swedish:vokal (sv) c,vokalljud n,självljud (sv) n(archaic)
Tagalog:patinig
Tajik:садонок(sadonok)
Telugu:అచ్చు (te)(accu)
Thai:สระ (th)(sà)
Turkish:ünlü (tr),sesli (tr)
Turkmen:çekimli
Ukrainian:голосни́й m(holosnýj)
Urdu:مُصَوِّت m(musavvit)
Uyghur:سوزۇق تاۋۇش(sozuq tawush)
Uzbek:unli (uz)
Veps:vokalʹ
Vietnamese:nguyên âm (vi),mẫu âm (vi)
Volapük:vokat (vo)
Walloon:voyale (wa) f
Welsh:llafariad (cy) f
Yiddish:וואָקאַל(vokal)
Yoruba:fáwẹ̀lì
Zulu:unkamisa class1a/2a

letter

Afrikaans:klinker (af),vokaal (af)
Arabic:حَرَكَة f(ḥaraka)(short vowel sign),حَرْفُ مَدّ f(ḥarfu madd)(long vowel sign)
Aragonese:vocal f
Armenian:ձայնավոր (hy)(jaynavor)
Asturian:vocal (ast) f
Bashkir:һуҙынҡы(huźınqı)
Basque:bokal
Belarusian:гало́сная f(halósnaja)
Bikol:
Central Bikol:tiyaw
Bulgarian:гла́сна (bg) f(glásna)
Catalan:vocal (ca) f
Chechen:мукъаме(muqʼame)
Chinese:
Mandarin:母音 (zh)(mǔyīn),元音 (zh)(yuányīn)
Corsican:vucale f
Czech:samohláska (cs) f
Danish:vokal (da) c
Dusun:
Central Dusun:vokal
Dutch:klinker (nl) m
Faroese:sjálvljóð n
Finnish:vokaali (fi)
French:voyelle (fr) f
Galician:vogal (gl) f,letra vogal f
Georgian:ხმოვანი(xmovani)
German:Vokal (de) m;(specifying letter vs. sound)Vokalbuchstabe m
Greek:φωνήεν (el) n(foníen)
Ancient Greek:φωνῆεν n(phōnêen)
Gujarati:સ્વર n(svar)
Hungarian:magánhangzó (hu),magánhangzóbetű
Icelandic:sérhljóði m
Indonesian:huruf hidup (id),vokal (id)
Ingrian:vokala,glasnoi
Interlingua:vocal
Irish:guta (ga) m
Italian:vocale (it) f
Japanese:母音 (ja)(ぼいん, boin),母音字 (ja)(ぼいんじ, boinji)
Kankanaey:patinig
Kapampangan:siwala,siuala
Korean:모음(母音) (ko)(mo'eum)
Lao:ສະຫລະ(sa la)
Latvian:patskanis m,vokālis m
Macedonian:само́гласка f(samóglaska)
Malagasy:zanatsoratra (mg)
Malay:huruf hidup,vokal
Māori:oro puare
Mongolian:
Cyrillic:эгшиг үсэг(egšig üseg)
Occitan:vocala (oc) f
Persian:
Iranian Persian:واکِه (fa)(vâke)
Polish:samogłoska (pl) f
Portuguese:vogal (pt) f
Romanian:vocală (ro) f
Romansh:vocal m
Russian:гла́сная (ru) f(glásnaja)
Sanskrit:स्वर (sa) m(svara)
Scots:vouel
Scottish Gaelic:fuaimreag f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic:самоглас m,са̏могласнӣк m
Latin:samoglas m,sȁmoglasnīk (sh) m
Slovak:samohláska f
Spanish:vocal (es) f,letra vocal f
Swahili:vokali (sw),irabu (sw)
Swedish:vokal (sv) c
Tagalog:patinig
Tamil:உயிரெழுத்து (ta)(uyireḻuttu)
Telugu:అచ్చు (te)(accu)
Thai:เสียงสระ,สระ (th)(sà)
Turkish:ünlü (tr)
Ukrainian:голосна́ f(holosná)
Veps:vokalʹ
Volapük:vokat (vo),vokatatonat
Walloon:voyale (wa) f
Yoruba:fáwẹ̀lì

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions atWiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

Guarani:
Paraguayan Guarani:^{(pleaseverify)}pu'ae
Gujarati:^{(pleaseverify)}રવર n(ravar)
Indonesian:^(please verify)huruf hidup (id),^{(pleaseverify)}huruf vokal (id)
Interlingua:^{(pleaseverify)}vocal

Verb

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vowel (third-person singular simple presentvowels,present participle(US)vowelingor(UK)vowelling,simple past and past participle(US)voweledor(UK)vowelled)

(linguistics) To addvowel points to a consonantal script (e.g.niqqud in Hebrew orharakat in Arabic).
- 2019,Tim Mackintosh-Smith,Arabs, Yale University Press, page52:
  However it should bevowelled – perhaps ‘Almaqah’ – his name seems to be composed of ‘Il’, the general name of the paramount Semitic deity[…], plus another element that is possibly from the Sabaic verbwqh, ‘to command’[…].