vowel
/ˈvaʊəl/noun
1- 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元音。与CONSONANT相对。
1.1
- a letter representing such a sound, such as a, e, i, o, u.元音字母。
派生词
vowelled
（ 〈美〉voweled）adjective usu. in combinationvowelless
adjectivevowelly
adjective词源
Middle English: from Old French vouel, from Latin vocalis （littera） 'vocal (letter)'.