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vowelnoun [ C ]

uk/vaʊəl/us/vaʊəl/

B1 a speech sound produced by humans when the breath flows out through the mouth without being blocked by the teeth, tongue, or lips:

A short vowel is a short sound as in the word "cup".
A long vowel is a long sound as in the word "shoe".
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B1 a letter that represents a sound produced in this way:

The vowels in English are a, e, i, o, and u.

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  • alveolar
  • approximant
  • articulatory
  • aspiration
  • assimilation
  • clear l
  • clipped
  • consonant
  • inflection
  • nasalization
  • onomatopoeia
  • palatal
  • palato-alveolar
  • pharyngeal
  • phoneme
  • pronounce
  • silent letter
  • velum
  • voiced
  • weak form

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vowelnoun [ C ]

us/ˈvɑʊ·əl/

writing a speech sound produced by human beings when the breath flows out through the mouth without being blocked by the teeth, tongue, or lips

writing A vowel is also a letter that represents a sound produced in this way:

The vowels in English are a, e, i, o, u, and sometimes y.
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