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Meaning of "front vowel" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF FRONT VOWEL

front vowel  [frʌnt ˈvaʊəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FRONT VOWEL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Front vowel is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES FRONT VOWEL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Front vowel

A front vowel is a type of vowel sound used in some spoken languages. The defining characteristic of a front vowel is that the tongue is positioned as far in front as possible in the mouth without creating a constriction that would be classified as a consonant. Front vowels are sometimes also called bright vowels because they are perceived as sounding brighter than the back vowels.[1] The front vowels which have dedicated symbols in the International Phonetic Alphabet are: ▪ close front unrounded vowel [i] ▪ close front rounded vowel [y] ▪ close-mid front unrounded vowel [e] ▪ close-mid front rounded vowel [ø] ▪ open-mid front unrounded vowel [ɛ] ▪ open-mid front rounded vowel [œ] ▪ near-open front unrounded vowel [æ] ▪ open front unrounded vowel [a] ▪ open front rounded vowel [ɶ] There also are front vowels which don't have dedicated symbols in the IPA: ▪ near-close front unrounded vowel [ɪ̟], [i̞] or [e̝] ▪ near-close front rounded...

Definition of front vowel in the English dictionary

The definition of front vowel in the dictionary is a vowel sound produced with the tongue in a position near the front of the mouth, such as the `a' in `at' or the `e' in bed.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FRONT VOWEL


avowal
əˈvaʊəl
bowel
ˈbaʊəl
cowal
ˈkaʊəl
disavowal
ˌdɪsəˈvaʊəl
disbowel
dɪsˈbaʊəl
disembowel
ˌdɪsɪmˈbaʊəl
disemvowel
ˌdɪsɪmˈvaʊəl
dishtowel
ˈdɪʃˌtaʊəl
dowel
ˈdaʊəl
Dowell
ˈdaʊəl
embowel
ɪmˈbaʊəl
Powell
ˈpaʊəl
rowel
ˈraʊəl
semivowel
ˈsɛmɪˌvaʊəl
towel
ˈtaʊəl
trowel
ˈtraʊəl
vowel
ˈvaʊəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FRONT VOWEL

front court
front crawl
front desk
front door
front line
front list
front loader
front man
front matter
front money
front of house
front office
front organization
front page
front person
front room
front row
front runner
front up
front-end

WORDS THAT END LIKE FRONT VOWEL

back vowel
bath towel
beach towel
dish towel
hand towel
jack towel
low vowel
Nowel
open vowel
oral vowel
paper towel
pure vowel
roller towel
sanitary towel
tea towel
throw in the towel
Turkish towel

Synonyms and antonyms of front vowel in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «front vowel» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FRONT VOWEL

Find out the translation of front vowel to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of front vowel from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «front vowel» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

前元音
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

vocal anterior
570 millions of speakers

English

front vowel
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सामने स्वर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

حرف علة الأمامي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

гласный переднего ряда
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

vogal anterior
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সামনে স্বরবর্ণ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

voyelle d´avant
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Vokal depan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

vor Vokal
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

前舌母音
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

앞의 모음
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Vokal ngarep
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nguyên âm trước
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

முன் உயிர்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

समोरचा स्वर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Ön ünlü
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

vocale anteriore
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

samogłoska przednia
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

гласний переднього ряду
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

vocală față
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μπροστινό φωνήεν
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

voor vokaal
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

främre vokal
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

foran vokal
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of front vowel

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FRONT VOWEL»

The term «front vowel» is used very little and occupies the 155.545 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FRONT VOWEL» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about front vowel

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FRONT VOWEL»

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Tongue Twisters, Rhymes, and Songs to Improve Your English ...
" The purpose of this workbook and accompanying CDs, is to help you realize why you get those occasional reactions from your listeners, and to take the good English you already have and polish it enough to keep those questions to a bare ...
Theresa Bareither, 2007
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Chamorro Reference Grammar
This is the term used to describe the change that occurs when a back vowel is drawn forward in the mouth to become a front vowel of the same height. Specifically, a high back vowel /u/ is changed to a high front vowel /i/, a mid back vowel /o/ ...
Donald M. Topping, Bernadita C. Dungca, 1973
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The Influence of Consonants on Native and Non-native Vowel ...
However, the group effect was non-significant for the front vowel pair (F (2,27) = 2.384, p>0.05). Additional one-way ANOVAs indicated that the proportional differences between tense and lax vowels produced by Danish speakers of English ...
Anja K. Steinlen, 2005
4
Great Vowel Shift
One of the most important changes in the English language, which appeared especially in the south of England during the 15th to 18th centuries, was a Chain Shift, the so-called Great Vowel Shift.
Victoria Tutschka, 2009
5
The Languages of the Soviet Union
A more frequent kind of front/back vowel harmony in Uralic languages is where the vowels / and e are neutral, occurring in both front vowel and back vowel words, whereas the other vowels divide strictly according to phonetic criteria - this  ...
Bernard Comrie, 1981
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A Concise Cambodian-English Dictionary
25. t: Close, unrounded, front vowel, cf. the English vowel in 'beat'. 26. di Short, close, back, unrounded vowel. For pronunciation, see under the diphthong ma ( 13). 27. tu: Close, back, unrounded vowel, like the last vowel pronounced with ...
Judith M. Jacob, 1974
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Universals of Human Language: Phonology
2.1.2 High vowel vs. front vowel Tongue height of the following vowel (or semivowel) is crucial for the palatalization of an apical consonant, whereas the frontness of the tongue rather than its height is more crucial for the palatalization of a velar ...
Joseph Harold Greenberg, Charles Albert Ferguson, Edith A. Moravcsik, 1978
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Voice and Articulation
Articulatory IPA Symbol Classification Tongue Action Adjustment /i/ see front vowel tense high-front /ɪ/ bit front vowel relaxed high-front /e/ make front vowel tense middle-front /ɛ/ met front vowel relaxed middle-front /æ/ cat front vowel relaxed ...
Kenneth Crannell, 2011
9
Upper Necaxa Totonac Dictionary
... long laryngealized mid back vowel (o:') vowel (a') ch /Í voiceless alveo-palatal affricate (ch) e: /Fʁ/ long mid front vowel (e:) e:' /ڮʁ/ long laryngealized mid front vowel (e:') e /e/ short mid front vowel (e) e' /ڮ/ short laryngealized mid front vowel  ...
David Beck, 2011
10
Colloquial Hungarian: The Complete Course for Beginners
... onlyback vowels or only front vowels. Examples of back vowel words include újság 'newspaper', magyar 'Hungarian', and angol 'English'. Front vowel words include egyszerű 'simple', ismerős 'acquaintance'and füzet 'notebook'.
Carol Rounds, Erika Solyom, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FRONT VOWEL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term front vowel is used in the context of the following news items.
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You're Not Imagining It—Food Names Sound Like They Taste
Or Spanish chico (front vowel, meaning “small”) versus the gordo (back vowel, meaning “fat”). Or French petit (front vowel) versus grand (back ... «Slate Magazine, Sep 14»
2
Can vowels make or break a brand name?
Front vowel” sounds such as those in “bee” or “bay,” are made with the tongue forward, while the tongue is to the rear of the mouth with “back ... «Futurity: Research News, Jan 14»
3
Monthly gleanings for December 2013
... fully, more precisely” or simply “better.” Since ø is the umlaut of o, rather than an original front vowel, g in Swedish gör- is pronounced “hard.”. «OUPblog, Dec 13»
4
Why Some Words Sound Fat
Cracker brands, on the other hand--a lighter, thinner food--have front vowel names like Cheez-It, Triscuit and Ritz. One theory of why front ... «Popular Science, Aug 13»
5
Why are there two pronunciations for the letter 'G'?
As a word with a g before a front vowel, there are four possible rules (4-7 above) that could apply: hard g if the word origin is Hebrew or ... «The Week Magazine, May 13»
6
A linguistic dissection of 7 annoying teenage sounds
A variant is to make the vowel a diphthong ending with a high front vowel, sort of like duhhyy. The idea is to sound as stupid as possible. «The Week Magazine, May 13»
7
UTSA study analyzes effects of word sounds on children's brand …
Front vowel sounds, vowel sounds made when the tongue is positioned in the front of the mouth, were preferred for products perceived to be ... «UTSA Today, Sep 12»
8
5D Sex appeal
Various behavioural studies on Indian women suggest that they prefer men's names pronounced with a 'front vowel'-meaning the way 'a' is pronounced in Adi. «India Today, Apr 12»
9
That's not a line. THAT's a line
It contains more front vowel sounds (ee or eh) than back vowel sounds (u or o), Apparently front vowels sound more lively and cheerful than ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Apr 12»
10
HomeWho Put the J (and -Ew) in Jew?
“Big” has a front vowel; “endless” has two; “tremendous” has three. “Small” has a back vowel and so does “dwarf”; so do “dot,” “jot” and “mote. «Forward, Feb 12»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Front vowel [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/front-vowel>. May 2024 ».
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