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vowel noun

  /vaʊl/ , /ˈvaʊ.əl/
  • (phonetics) A sound produced by the vocal cords with relatively little restriction of the oral cavity, forming the prominent sound of a syllable.
 klinker, klinkerklank
  • (orthography) A letter representing the sound of a vowel; in English, the vowels are a, e, i, o, u, w (sometimes), y (sometimes) .
 klinker, vocaal
vowel harmony
klinkerharmonie, vocaalharmonie
back vowel
achterklinker
front vowel
voorklinker
vowel mutation
umlaut
nasal vowel
nasale klinker, neusklinker
Great Vowel Shift
grote klinkerverschuiving
vowel gradation
ablaut
vowel breaking
diftongering
vowel alternation
klinkerwisseling
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