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Vowel

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(vowels) A vowel is a sound such as the ones represented in writing by the letters ‘a’, ‘e’ ‘i’, ‘o’ and ‘u’, which you pronounce with your mouth open, allowing the air to flow through it. Compare consonant. The vowel in words like ‘my’ and ‘thigh’ is not very difficult. N-COUNT
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   noun  Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French ~e, from Latin vocalis — more at vocalic  Date: 14th century  1. one of a class of speech sounds in the articulation of which the oral part of the breath channel is not blocked and is not constructioncted enough to cause audible friction; broadly the one most prominent sound in a syllable  2. a letter or other symbol representing a ~ — usually used in English of a, e, i, o, u, and sometimes y ...
Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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  n. 1 a speech-sound made with vibration of the vocal cords but without audible friction, more open than a consonant and capable of forming a syllable. 2 a letter or letters representing this, as a, e, i, o, u, aw, ah. Phrases and idioms vowel gradation = ABLAUT. vowel mutation = UMLAUT 2. vowel-point each of a set of marks indicating vowels in Hebrew etc. Derivatives vowelled adj. (also in comb.). vowelless adj. vowelly adj. Etymology: ME f. OF vouel, voiel f. L vocalis (littera) VOCAL (letter) ...
Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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  1. гласный (звук) vowel gradation —- аблаут, морфологически обусловленное чередование гласных 2. гласная буква 3. гласный 4. обозначать гласные значками (в семитских языках) ...
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  noun гласный (звук) ...
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  ~ n 1 one of the human speech sounds that you make by letting your breath flow out without closing any part of your mouth or throat 2 a letter of the alphabet used to represent a vowel. In English the vowels are a, e, i, o, u, and sometimes y. ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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  - c.1308, from O.Fr. vouel, from L. vocalis, in littera vocalis, lit. "vocal letter," from vox (gen. vocis) "voice." The Hawaiian word hooiaioia, meaning "certified," has the most consecutive vowels of any word in current human speech; the English record-holder is queueing. ...
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