Vowel

Quick meaning: Vowel is a noun meaning (linguistics) To add vowel points to a consonantal script (e.g. niqqud in Hebrew or harakat in Arabic).

Meaning

(linguistics) To add vowel points to a consonantal script (e.g. niqqud in Hebrew or harakat in Arabic).

More Meanings

1. (phonetics) A sound produced by the vocal cords with relatively little restriction of the oral cavity, forming the prominent sound of a syllable.
2. (orthography) A letter or diacritic representing the sound of a vowel; in English, the vowels are a, e, i, o, u, y (sometimes), and w (rarely).

Example Sentences

The word facetiously is spelled with all six vowels in alphabetical order.

Hawaiian has either five or twenty-five vowels, depending on how they are counted.

The word cwm, borrowed from Welsh, is an example of the letter w serving as a vowel in English.

However it should be vowelled – 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 verb wqh, ‘to command’ […].

Word Forms

• vowels
• voweling
• vowelling
• voweled
• vowelled

Synonyms for vowel

Depending on context, synonyms include vowelize, vocalize.

Antonyms for vowel

Common opposites include consonant.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include anaptyctic, voice, vocal, vocalization, identification, simulation.

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