vowel

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈvaʊəl/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈvaʊəl/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(vou′əl)

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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Principal Translations
InglésEspañol
vowel n (speech: open sound, not consonant)vocal nf
 Some languages require a vowel after each consonant sound.
 Algunos lenguajes necesitan una vocal después de cada consonante.
vowel adj (sound: open, not consonant)sonido de vocal loc nom m
 Which language has the most vowel sounds?
 ¿Qué idioma tiene más sonidos de vocal?
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WordReference English-Spanish Dictionary © 2025:

Compound Forms:
InglésEspañol
assonance,
vowel rhyme n		 (repetition of vowel sounds)asonancia nf
breaking,
vowel breaking n		 (phonology: change to a diphthong)diptongación nf
 Breaking is common in the accents of English speakers from the Southern US.
long vowel n (English: vowel sound)diptongo nm
Note: No existen, fonéticamente, en español vocales largas, aunque la vocal tónica suele tener una duración mayor que las otras.
 Algunos angloparlantes cuando hablan en español suelen alargar las "o" finales transformándolas en un diptongo: "mi amigou Horaciou".
  vocal larga loc nom f
semivowel,
semi-vowel n		 (type of vowel sound)semivocal nf
short vowel n (English: vowel with short sound)vocal corta nf + adj
vowel sound n (spoken language: open sound)sonido vocálico loc nom m
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'vowel' aparece también en las siguientes entradas:
In the English description:
ablaut - apocope - assonance - assonant - broad - clipped - consonant - diaeresis - diphthong - diphthongize - long vowel - macron - modify - open - postvocalic - schwa - semivowel - short vowel - shorten - slender - soft - syllable - triphthong - umlaut - vocalic alliteration
Spanish:
letra vocal - vocal - abierto - alternancia vocálica - vocálico - vocalismo

Collocations: a [single, double, triple, silent, long, nasal, false] vowel, the [following, preceding] vowel, the vowel that [follows], more...

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