vowel-less
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vowel (ˈvaʊəl) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | phonetics a voiced speech sound whose articulation is characterized by the absence of friction-causing obstruction in the vocal tract, allowing the breath stream free passage. The timbre of a vowel is chiefly determined by the position of the tongue and the lips |
| 2. | a letter or character representing a vowel |
| [C14: from Old French vouel, from Latin vocālis littera a vowel, from vocālis sonorous, from vox a voice] | |
| 'vowel-less | |
| —adj | |
| 'vowel-like | |
| —adj | |
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