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Meaning
Noun
●
In Phonetics:
A
sound
produced
by the
vocal cords
with
relatively
little
restriction
of the
oral cavity
,
forming
the
prominent
sound
of a syllable.
●
In Orthography:
A
letter
representing
the
sound
o
f
vowel
; in English, the
vowels
are a,
e
, i,
o
,
u
, and y.
Verb
●
In Linguistics:
To
add
vowel points
to a
consonantal
script
(e.g.
niqqud
in Hebrew or
harakat
in Arabic).
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Origin
vowel
English
vouel
Old French (842-ca. 1400)
vocalis
Latin
Sourced from
Etym
Antonyms
Consonant
Related
Syllable
Consonant
Phoneme
Syllables
Verb
Consonants
Pronunciation
Diphthong
Word
Suffix
Utterance
Sentence
Noun
Morpheme
Phonemes
Sound
Schwa
Preposition
Pronoun
Hyphen
Diacritic
Fricative
Comma
Spelling
Words
Plosive
Phrase
Prefix
Text
Syllabic
Melody
String
Vocalic
Chord
Phonological
Sounds
Phonetic
Phonemic
Adjective
Accent
Paragraph
Rhyme
Letter
English
Phonologically
Language
Prosodic
Morphemes
Homophone
Alphabet
Message
Glottal Stop
Capital Letter
Phrasal Verb
Punctuation Mark
Definite Article
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Rhymes
Owl
Cawl
Foul
Fowl
Yowl
Howl
Jowl
Cowl
Bowel
Scowl
Afoul
Dowel
Growl
Joule
Towel
Vowel
Trowel
Defoul
Avowal
Befoul
Envowel
Emvowel
Embowel
Disavowal
Disenvowel
Disemvowel
Disembowel
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