Definition of vowel sound Vowel sound
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What does vowel sound mean?
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| vowel sound - a speech sound made with the vocal tract open | ||
| vowel | ||
| consonant a speech sound that is not a vowel | ||
| speech sound, phone, sound (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language | ||
| ablaut a vowel whose quality or length is changed to indicate linguistic distinctions (such as sing sang sung song) | ||
| diphthong a vowel sound that starts near the articulatory position for one vowel and moves toward the position for another | ||
| schwa, shwa a neutral middle vowel; occurs in unstressed syllables | ||
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