vowel - Definition from the COLOURS AND SOUNDS topic - COLOURS AND SOUNDS

Topic: COLOURS AND SOUNDS

Date:	1300-1400
Language:	Old French
Origin:	vouel, from Latin vocalis; VOCAL¹

vowel
noun

vow‧el

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[countable]

1SLC one of the human speech sounds that you make by letting your breath flow out without closing any part of your mouth or throat

2SLA a letter of the alphabet used to represent a vowel. In English the vowels are a, e, i, o, u, and sometimes y.

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