vowel

Oznaczający (Angielski)

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).

Koncepcje

samogłoska

głoska otwarta

Synonimy

vowel sound

dedicator

letter

sound

🔉

vocal

Tłumaczenia

voyelle

Vokal

vocal

vocale

klinker

vogal

Selbstlaut

φωνήεν

vocal

vocaal

vokaal

zelfklinker

vocala

φωνήεντο

sesli harf

Wymawiane jako (IPA)

/ˈvaʊ.əl/

Etymologia (Angielski)

Dziedziczone z średnioangielski: vouel

Pokrewny z francuski: 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.