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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024shwa (shwä),USA pronunciation n. - Phoneticsschwa.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: shwa /ʃwɑː/ n - a variant spelling of schwa
schwa /ʃwɑ/USA pronunciation n. [countable], pl. schwas - Phoneticsa neutral vowel sound typically occurring in unstressed syllables in English, such as the sound of a in alone and sofa or u in circus.
- Phoneticsthe phonetic symbol ə, used to represent this sound.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024schwa (shwä),USA pronunciation n. [Phonet.]- Phoneticsthe mid-central, neutral vowel sound typically occurring in unstressed syllables in English, however spelled, as the sound of a in alone and sofa, e in system, i in easily, o in gallop, u in circus.
- Phoneticsthe phonetic symbol ə, used to represent this sound.
Also, shwa. - Hebrew shəwā, name of a diacritic marking schwa or no vowel
- German
- 1890–95
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: schwa, shwa /ʃwɑː/ n - a central vowel represented in the International Phonetic Alphabet by ( ə ). The sound occurs in unstressed syllables in English, as in around, mother, and sofa
- the symbol ( ə ) used to represent this sound
Etymology: 19th Century: via German from Hebrew shewā, a diacritic indicating lack of a vowel sound |