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Phrases 50
- vowel harmonyA phonological process in some languages that sets constraints on which vowels may be found near each other or within a word, such as back vowels or front vowels; sometimes resulting in variant affixes, clitics or similar variations.
- back vowelAny vowel sound produced in the back of the mouth, such as /uː/ in rule or /əʊ/ in pole.
- front vowelAny vowel sound produced in the front of the mouth. Examples: "a" in “man” and "e" in “gel”
- nasal vowelA vowel that is produced with a lowering of the velum so that air escapes both through nose as well as the mouth.
- thematic vowelA vowel appended to the end of a root (with which it constitutes a stem), before the ending.
- Great Vowel ShiftA major change in the pronunciation of the English language, affecting the sounds of long vowels, that took place in England between 1350 and 1700.
- R-coloured vowelA vowel modified so that the frequency of its third formant is lowered.
- reduced vowela vowel that occurs only, or at least disproportionately often, in unstressed syllables in a given language; usually one that is intermediate in both height and frontness/backness
- cardinal vowela vowel sound produced when the tongue is in an extreme position, either front or back, high or low.
- rounded vowelA vowel that is pronounced with the lips drawn together and forming a circular opening.
- lax vowelA vowel produced with relatively little constriction of the vocal tract.
- oral vowelA vowel that is produced without nasalization.
- tense vowelA vowel produced with relative constriction of the vocal tract.
- vowel pointingThe system of nikud, or vowel points, in Hebrew text.
- unrounded vowelA vowel that is pronounced with the lips relaxed.
- dark vowelSynonym of back vowel: Any vowel sound produced in the back of the mouth, such as /uː/ in rule or /əʊ/ in pole.
- echo vowelA paragogic vowel that is a repetition of the final vowel of a word
- gliding vowelA diphthong.
- happy vowelA vowel in spoken English that falls between /iː/ and /ɪ/ and may be represented by /i/.
- inherent vowelIn an abugida, the vowel sound (often a schwa in Brahmic scripts) appended by default to a consonant symbol lacking a vowel diacritic.
- linking vowelSynonym of anaptyxis: The epenthesis (insertion) of a vowel.
- long vowelA vowel which is normally pronounced somewhat longer than other vowels (usually around 1½ to 2½ times the length of a short vowel); represented in the IPA by the addition of a colon-like symbol (ː, triangular colon), such as /aː/.
- natural vowelschwa
- neutral vowelschwa
- prop vowelA vowel added at the end of a word in certain languages, often resulting from a sound change where vowels at the ends of words were deleted.
Compound words 20
- disemvowelTo remove the vowels from, for example, for the purpose of expurgating offensive words.
- disemvowelmentThe act of disemvoweling.
- vowelhoodThe property of being a vowel.
- vowelishOf the nature of a vowel; similar to a vowel.
- vowelizeTo give the quality, sound, or office of a vowel to.
- vowellyCharacteristic of, or containing, vowels.
- intervowelSynonym of intervocalic (“between vowels”).
- intravowelSynonym of intravocalic: Within or during a vowel sound.
- nonvowelA sound or letter that is not a vowel.
- voweliseAlternative form of vowelize: To give the quality, sound, or office of a vowel to.