Definition of Vowel

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Definition of Vowel

Vowel

A vocal, or sometimes a whispered, sound modified by resonance in the oral passage, the peculiar resonance in each case giving to each several vowel its distinctive character or quality as a sound of speech; -- distinguished from a consonant in that the latter, whether made with or without vocality, derives its character in every case from some kind of obstructive action by the mouth organs. Also, a letter or character which represents such a sound. See Guide to Pronunciation, // 5, 146-149.

Of or pertaining to a vowel; vocal.

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Vowel Quotations

Always end the name of your child with a vowel, so that when you yell the name will carry.
Bill Cosby

Brute animals have the vowel sounds; man only can utter consonants.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Out of the simple consonants of the alphabet and our eleven vowels and diphthongs all possible syllables of a certain sort were constructed, a vowel sound being placed between two consonants.
Hermann Ebbinghaus

Vowel Translations

vowel in Dutch is vocaal, vokaal, klinker
vowel in French is voyelle
vowel in German is Selbstlaut, Vokal, Vokal
vowel in Portuguese is vogal
vowel in Spanish is vocal
vowel in Swedish is vokal

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