vowel

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

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

Verb

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

Concepts

voyelle

Synonymes

vowel sound

dedicator

letter

sound

🔉

vocal

Traductions

Vokal

vocal

vocale

klinker

vogal

Selbstlaut

φωνήεν

vocal

vocaal

zelfklinker

vokaal

vocala

φωνήεντο

sesli harf

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈvaʊ.əl/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: vouel

Appartenant à français: voyelle

In summary

From Middle English vouel, from Old French vouel, a variant of voyeul (whence French voyelle), from Latin vōcālis (“voiced”), itself a semantic loan of Koine Greek φωνῆεν (phōnêen). Doublet of vocal and vocalis.