vowel
/vaʊl/
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 representing the sound of vowel; in English, the vowels are a, e, i, o, u, and sometimes y.
verb
- 1
To add vowel points to a consonantal script (e.g. niqqud in Hebrew or harakat in Arabic)
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