vowel
nounA speech sound, such as (ē) or (ĭ), created by the relatively free passage of breath through the larynx and oral cavity, usually forming the most prominent and central sound of a syllable.
nounA letter, such as a, e, i, o, u, and sometimes y in the English alphabet, that represents a vowel.
To pay (debts) by an “I O U.”
nounThe vowel-points, except holem and shuruk, are written below the consonants. The holem is placed above the letter, and the dot of the shuruk within the letter vau to the left .
To provide or complete with vowels; insert vowels in (a word or syllable).
nounOne of the openest, most resonant, and continuable sounds uttered by the voice in the process of speaking; a sound in which the element of tone, though modified and differentiated by positions of the mouth-organs, is predominant; a tone-sound, as distinguished from a fricative (in which a rustling between closely approximated organs is the predominant element), from a mute (in which the explosion of a closure is characteristic), and so on.
nounThe letter or character which represents such a sound
Pertaining to a vowel; vocal
adjectiveOf or pertaining to a vowel; vocal.
nounA 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