vowel
To add vowel points to a consonantal scriptTo add vowel points to a consonantal script (e.g. niqqud in Hebrew or harakat in Arabic).
Meaning
1 sensesTo add vowel points to a consonantal script (e.g. niqqud in Hebrew or harakat in Arabic).
Examples
58 sentencesThis is a vowel.
ruЭто гласная. — Selena777
A schwa represents a neutral vowel.
Знаком "шва" позначають нейтральний голосний. — deniko
deEin Schwa stellt einen neutralen Vokal dar. — Vortarulo
Your alphasyllabary needs better vowel marks.
His name starts with a vowel.
ruЕго имя начинается на гласную. — marafon
Adjectives end in the vowel "a".
ruПрилагательные оканчиваются на гласную "a". — odexed
Origin
From Middle English vowel, from Old French vouel, a variant of voyeul (whence French voyelFrom Middle English vowel, from Old French vouel, a variant of voyeul (whence French voyelle), from Latin vōcālis (“voiced”), itself a semantic loan of Koine Greek φωνῆεν (phōnêen). Doublet of vocal and vocalis.
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Forms
vowels, voweling, voweled, voweledSynonyms
2 synonymsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle