vowel
noun
/vaʊl/
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/ˈvaʊ.əl/
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- (phonetics) A sound produced by the vocal cords with relatively little restriction of the oral cavity, forming the prominent sound of a syllable.
- (orthography) A letter representing the sound of a vowel; in English, the vowels are a, e, i, o, u, y.
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