Definition of schwa in English:

schwa

noun ʃwɑːʃwɑ

Phonetics

The unstressed central vowel (as in a moment ago), represented by the symbol /ə/ in the International Phonetic Alphabet.
Example sentencesExamples
- In another example, we observed that only 28% of the teachers could correctly identify the sound of a schwa, as represented in the final syllable of the word ‘happen.’
- Leaving Rome and heading south or east, you find a tendency of shortening non-stressed vowels and reducing them to schwas.
- Although not represented in the conventional alphabet, schwa is the commonest vowel sound in English.
- The ‘o’ is pronounced like the ‘uh’ that grammarians everywhere know as the ‘English schwa.’
- Of these, 36 have a clear schwa as their vowel.

Origin

Late 19th century: from German, from Hebrew šěwā'.

Rhymes

aargh, Accra, afar, ah, aha, aide-mémoire, ajar, Alcazar, are, Armagh, armoire, Artois, au revoir, baa, bah, bar, barre, bazaar, beaux-arts, Bekaa, bête noire, Bihar, bizarre, blah, Bogotá, Bonnard, bra, cafard, café noir, Calabar, car, Carr, Castlebar, catarrh, Changsha, char, charr, cigar, comme ci comme ça, commissar, coup d'état, de haut en bas, devoir, Dhofar, Directoire, Du Bois, Dumas, Dunbar, éclat, embarras de choix, escritoire, fah, famille noire, far, feu de joie, film noir, foie gras, Fra, galah, gar, guar, guitar, ha, hah, ha-ha, Halacha, hurrah, hussar, huzza, insofar, Invar, jar, je ne sais quoi, ka, kala-azar, Kandahar, khimar, Khorramshahr, knar, Krasnodar, Kwa, la-di-da, lah, Lehár, Loire, ma, mama, mamma, mar, Mardi Gras, ménage à trois, mirepoix, moire, nam pla, Navarre, noir, objet d'art, pa, pah, Panama, papa, par, Pará, Paraná, pas, pâté de foie gras, peau-de-soie, pietà, Pinot Noir, pooh-bah, poult-de-soie, pya, rah, registrar, Saar, Salazar, Sana'a, sang-froid, scar, Seychellois, shah, Shangri-La, shikar, ska, sol-fa, spa, spar, star, Starr, Stranraer, ta, tahr, tar, tartare, tata, tra-la, tsar, Twa, Villa, voilà, waratah, yah

Definition of schwa in US English:

schwa

nounSHwäʃwɑ

Phonetics

The unstressed central vowel (as in a moment ago), represented by the symbol /ə/ in the International Phonetic Alphabet.
Example sentencesExamples
- Although not represented in the conventional alphabet, schwa is the commonest vowel sound in English.
- The ‘o’ is pronounced like the ‘uh’ that grammarians everywhere know as the ‘English schwa.’
- Leaving Rome and heading south or east, you find a tendency of shortening non-stressed vowels and reducing them to schwas.
- In another example, we observed that only 28% of the teachers could correctly identify the sound of a schwa, as represented in the final syllable of the word ‘happen.’
- Of these, 36 have a clear schwa as their vowel.

Origin

Late 19th century: from German, from Hebrew šěwā'.

单词	schwa
释义	Definition of schwa in English: schwa noun ʃwɑːʃwɑ Phonetics The unstressed central vowel (as in a moment ago), represented by the symbol /ə/ in the International Phonetic Alphabet. Example sentencesExamples In another example, we observed that only 28% of the teachers could correctly identify the sound of a schwa, as represented in the final syllable of the word ‘happen.’ Leaving Rome and heading south or east, you find a tendency of shortening non-stressed vowels and reducing them to schwas. Although not represented in the conventional alphabet, schwa is the commonest vowel sound in English. The ‘o’ is pronounced like the ‘uh’ that grammarians everywhere know as the ‘English schwa.’ Of these, 36 have a clear schwa as their vowel. Origin Late 19th century: from German, from Hebrew šěwā'. Rhymes aargh, Accra, afar, ah, aha, aide-mémoire, ajar, Alcazar, are, Armagh, armoire, Artois, au revoir, baa, bah, bar, barre, bazaar, beaux-arts, Bekaa, bête noire, Bihar, bizarre, blah, Bogotá, Bonnard, bra, cafard, café noir, Calabar, car, Carr, Castlebar, catarrh, Changsha, char, charr, cigar, comme ci comme ça, commissar, coup d'état, de haut en bas, devoir, Dhofar, Directoire, Du Bois, Dumas, Dunbar, éclat, embarras de choix, escritoire, fah, famille noire, far, feu de joie, film noir, foie gras, Fra, galah, gar, guar, guitar, ha, hah, ha-ha, Halacha, hurrah, hussar, huzza, insofar, Invar, jar, je ne sais quoi, ka, kala-azar, Kandahar, khimar, Khorramshahr, knar, Krasnodar, Kwa, la-di-da, lah, Lehár, Loire, ma, mama, mamma, mar, Mardi Gras, ménage à trois, mirepoix, moire, nam pla, Navarre, noir, objet d'art, pa, pah, Panama, papa, par, Pará, Paraná, pas, pâté de foie gras, peau-de-soie, pietà, Pinot Noir, pooh-bah, poult-de-soie, pya, rah, registrar, Saar, Salazar, Sana'a, sang-froid, scar, Seychellois, shah, Shangri-La, shikar, ska, sol-fa, spa, spar, star, Starr, Stranraer, ta, tahr, tar, tartare, tata, tra-la, tsar, Twa, Villa, voilà, waratah, yah Definition of schwa in US English: schwa nounSHwäʃwɑ Phonetics The unstressed central vowel (as in a moment ago), represented by the symbol /ə/ in the International Phonetic Alphabet. Example sentencesExamples Although not represented in the conventional alphabet, schwa is the commonest vowel sound in English. The ‘o’ is pronounced like the ‘uh’ that grammarians everywhere know as the ‘English schwa.’ Leaving Rome and heading south or east, you find a tendency of shortening non-stressed vowels and reducing them to schwas. In another example, we observed that only 28% of the teachers could correctly identify the sound of a schwa, as represented in the final syllable of the word ‘happen.’ Of these, 36 have a clear schwa as their vowel. Origin Late 19th century: from German, from Hebrew šěwā'.
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