English-Thai Dictionary

vowel

N อักษร แทน เสียง สระ  ar-son-tan-siang-sa-ra

 

vowel

N เสียง สระ  siang-sa-ra

 

vowelize

VT ใส่ เครื่องหมาย สระ 

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

VOWEL

n. 1. In grammer, a simple sound; a sound utterd by simply opening the mouth or organs; as the sound of a, e, o.
2. The letter or character which represents a simple sound.

 

VOWEL

a.Pertaining to a vowel; vocal.

 

VOWELED

a.Furnished with vowels.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

VOWEL

Vow "el, n. Etym: [F. voyelle, or an OF. form without y, L. vocalis (sc. littera ), from vocalis sounding, from vox, vocis, a voice, sound. See Vocal. ] (Phon. )

 

Defn: A vocal, or sometimes a whispered, sound modified by resonance in the oral passage, the peculiar resonance in each case giving to each several vowel its distinctive character or quality as a sound of speech; -- distinguished from a consonant in that the latter, whether made with or without vocality, derives its character in every case from some kind of obstructive action by the mouth organs. Also, a letter or character which represents such a sound. See Guide to Pronunciation, §§ 5, 146 -149.

 

Note: In the English language, the written vowels are a, e, i, o, u, and sometimes w and y. The spoken vowels are much more numerous. Close vowel. See under Close, a. -- Vowel point. See under Point, n.

 

VOWEL

VOWEL Vow "el, a.

 

Defn: Of or pertaining to a vowel; vocal.

 

VOWELED

VOWELED Vow "eled, a.

 

Defn: Furnished with vowels. [Written also vowelled.] Dryden.

 

VOWELISH

VOWELISH Vow "el *ish, a.

 

Defn: Of the nature of a vowel. [R.] "The power [of w ] is always vowelish. " B. Jonson.

 

VOWELISM

VOWELISM Vow "el *ism, n.

 

Defn: The use of vowels. [R.]

 

VOWELIZE

VOWELIZE Vow "el *ize, v. t.

 

Defn: To give the quality, sound, or office of a vowel to.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

vowel

vow el |ˈvouəl ˈvaʊ (ə )l | ▶noun a speech sound that is produced by comparatively open configuration of the vocal tract, with vibration of the vocal cords but without audible friction and is a unit of the sound system of a language that forms the nucleus of a syllable. Contrasted with consonant. • a letter representing such a sound, such as a, e, i, o, u. DERIVATIVES vow eled |ˈvou (ə )ld |(Brit. vowelled ) adjective [ usu. in combination ], vow el less adjective ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French vouel, from Latin vocalis (littera )‘vocal (letter ).’

 

vowel gradation

vow el gra da tion ▶noun another term for ablaut.

 

vowel harmony

vow el har mo ny ▶noun the phenomenon in some languages, e.g., Turkish, in which all the vowels in a word are members of the same subclass, for example all front vowels or all back vowels.

 

vowel height

vow el height ▶noun Phonetics the degree to which the tongue is raised or lowered in the articulation of a particular vowel.

 

vowelize

vow el ize |ˈvouəˌlīz ˈvaʊəlaɪz | ▶verb [ with obj. ] supply (something such as a Hebrew or shorthand text ) with vowel points or signs representing vowels.

 

vowel point

vow el point ▶noun each of a set of marks indicating vowels in writing phonetically explicit text in Semitic languages such as Hebrew and Arabic.

 

vowel shift

vow el shift ▶noun Phonetics a phonetic change in a vowel or vowels. • (the Great Vowel Shift ) a series of changes between medieval and modern English affecting the long vowels of the standard language.

 

Oxford Dictionary

vowel

vowel |ˈvaʊəl | ▶noun a speech sound which is produced by comparatively open configuration of the vocal tract, with vibration of the vocal cords but without audible friction, and which is a unit of the sound system of a language that forms the nucleus of a syllable. Contrasted with consonant. • a letter representing a vowel sound, such as a, e, i, o, u. DERIVATIVES vowelled (US voweled ) adjective, vowelless adjective, vowelly adjective ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French vouel, from Latin vocalis (littera ) ‘vocal (letter )’.

 

vowel gradation

vowel grad |ation ▶noun another term for ablaut.

 

vowel harmony

vowel har |mony ▶noun [ mass noun ] the phenomenon in some languages, e.g. Turkish, for all the vowels in a word to be members of the same subclass, for example all front vowels or all back vowels.

 

vowel height

vowel height ▶noun [ mass noun ] Phonetics the degree to which the tongue is raised or lowered in the articulation of a particular vowel.

 

vowelize

vowelize |ˈvaʊəlʌɪz |(also vowelise ) ▶verb [ with obj. ] supply (something such as a Hebrew or shorthand text ) with vowel points or signs representing vowels.

 

vowel mutation

vowel mu |ta ¦tion ▶noun see mutation ( sense 3 ).

 

vowel point

vowel point ▶noun each of a set of marks indicating vowels in writing phonetically explicit text in Semitic languages such as Hebrew and Arabic.

 

vowel shift

vowel shift ▶noun a phonetic change in a vowel or vowels. • (the Great Vowel Shift ) a series of changes between medieval and modern English affecting the long vowels of the standard language.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

vowel

vow el /váʊ (ə )l |vá (ʊ )əl /〖語源は 「声 (voice )の 」〗名詞 複 ～s /-z /C 1 〘音声 〙母音 (vowel sound )(→consonant ); 〖形容詞的に 〗母音の ▸ a short [long ] vowel 短 [長 ]母音 ▸ vowel symbols 母音の記号 .2 母音字 〘英語ではa, e, i, o, uの5字など; 言語によってはr, w, yなども含む 〙.～̀ mut á tion 〘言 〙＝umlaut .