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low vowel

Meaning of "low vowel" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF LOW VOWEL

ləʊ ˈvaʊəl


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LOW VOWEL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Low 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 LOW VOWEL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Open vowel

An open vowel is a vowel sound in which the tongue is positioned as far as possible from the roof of the mouth. Open vowels are sometimes also called low vowels in reference to the low position of the tongue. The open vowels with dedicated symbols in the International Phonetic Alphabet are: ▪ open front unrounded vowel ▪ open front rounded vowel ▪ open back unrounded vowel ▪ open back rounded vowel There also are mid vowels which don't have dedicated symbols in the IPA: ▪ open near-front unrounded vowel ▪ open near-front rounded vowel or ▪ open central unrounded vowel ▪ open near-back unrounded vowel or ▪ open near-back rounded vowel or There isn't an unambiguous way of transcribing an open central rounded vowel, but one could use one of the following symbols:, , or. The first two can denote either a near-front or central vowel, while the last two either a near-back or central vowel. In the context of the phonology of any particular language, a low vowel can be any vowel that is more open than a mid vowel. That is, open-mid vowels, near-open vowels, and open vowels can all be considered low vowels.

Definition of low vowel in the English dictionary

The definition of low vowel in the dictionary is a vowel uttered with the mouth open and the tongue lowered.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LOW VOWEL

avowal · bowel · cowal · disavowal · disbowel · disembowel · disemvowel · dishtowel · dowel · Dowell · embowel · Powell · rowel · semivowel · towel · trowel · vowel

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LOW VOWEL

low blow · low camp · Low Church · low comedian · low comedy · Low Countries · low explosive · low frequency · Low German · low heels · Low Latin · Low Mass · low profile · low relief · low season · Low Sunday · low tech · low technology · low tide · low water

WORDS THAT END LIKE LOW VOWEL

back vowel · bath towel · beach towel · dish towel · front vowel · hand towel · jack towel · 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 low vowel in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «low vowel» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF LOW VOWEL

Find out the translation of low vowel to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of low 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 «low vowel» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

低元音
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

vocal baja
570 millions of speakers
en

English

low vowel
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

कम स्वर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

انخفاض حرف علة
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

низкий гласный
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

vogal baixa
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

কম স্বরবর্ণ
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

voyelle basse
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Vokal rendah
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

niedrigen Vokal
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

低母音
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

저 모음
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Vokal kurang
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nguyên âm thấp
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

குறைந்த உயிர்
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

कमी स्वर
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

Düşük sesli harf
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

basso vocale
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

niski samogłoska
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

низький гласний
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

vocală scăzut
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

χαμηλό φωνήεν
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

lae vokaal
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

låg vokal
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

lav vokal
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of low vowel

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LOW VOWEL»

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LOW VOWEL»

Discover the use of low vowel in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to low vowel and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Grounded Phonology
kwajo [proper name] a-ko 'parrot' a-go 'velvet' pirako 'pig' One might interpret the cases in (71) as evidence for the application of canonical harmony to low vowel targets. As demonstrated by Clements (1981), however, such cannot be the ...
Diana B. Archangeli, Douglas George Pulleyblank, 1994
2
Vowel Harmony and Correspondence Theory
As an example I will take the low vowel D in Tangale, a language with ATR harmony (van der Hulst and van de Weijer 1995: 496f.). (23) Tangale harmony (a ) and the Tangale opaque vowel (b,c,d) a. 18ld(d( 'dog' b. n kas-ko 'I have cut' seb -u ...
Martin Krämer, 2003
3
A Grammar of Basque
Low vowel assimilation Almost all varieties spoken in Bizkaia as well as many Gipuzkoan and High Navarrese varieties have a rule raising /a/ to /e/ after a high vowel, with or without intervening consonants. This rule of low vowel assimilation  ...
José Ignacio Hualde, Jon Ortiz de Urbina, 2003
4
Phonetic Grounding and Phonology: Vowel Backness Harmony and ...
Gary Dean Linebaugh. There are also long versions of each of the above vowels. The short vowels / a/ and hi do not occur other than word-initially. The suffix alternations seen in (6.65) show that the low vowel alternates with the front mid ...
Gary Dean Linebaugh, 2007
5
Vowel/Glide Alternation in a Theory of Constraint Interaction
At this point, it is possible to combine the constraint rankings for the low vowel and the high vowels. The difference between a sequence with an initial high vowel versus a sequence with an initial low vowel is that the high vowel can satisfy ...
Samuel Rosenthall, Laurence Horn, 2013
6
Formal and Cognitive Restrictions on Vowel Harmony
If learners are biased against allowing low vowels to trigger round harmony, then it should be more difficult to generalize to low vowel harmony triggers, for New Stems (in the Mid Hold-Out condition) or New Vowels (in the Low Hold-Out ...
Sara Finley, 2009
7
Vowel Patterns in Language
The licensing constraint that I propose is active in Vinalopó Mitjà is License([V- Feature]/[−ATR, −low], ∀V), which enforces maximal licensing for vowel features in a [−ATR] non-low vowel. This constraint will dominate *[−ATR, −low] and Ident  ...
Rachel Walker, 2011
8
The Influence of Consonants on Native and Non-native Vowel ...
hVt bVt bVp dVt gVk high vowels mid-high vowels mid-low vowels low vowel 131.9 142.8 152.6 182.7 137.1 152.3 158.9 195.2 136.8 150.7 158.0 186.2 139.1 155.2 160.4 197.6 135.7 154.4 160.8 196.9 Context Length Height Length i Height ...
Anja K. Steinlen, 2005
9
Locality in Vowel Harmony
In (42a-d) and (42i-l), no [+low] vowel precedes the suffix, and as a result, the initial consonant of the suffix is supplied with default [—low] [k]. In (42e-f ) and ( 42m), where the stem vowel that is closest to the suffix is [+low], the suffix surfaces ...
Andrew Nevins, 2010
10
Basque Phonology
As in Baztan, on the other hand, words of this type containing stemfinal /iCoa/, / uCoa/ sequences provide evidence for the ordering of the rules of Low Vowel Assimilation and StemFinal Low Vowel Deletion. This cannot be seen in absolutive ...
José Ignacio Hualde, 2004

5 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LOW VOWEL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term low vowel is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Alumna, four others dub Star Wars film into Navajo language
The language has high and low vowel tones, nasalized vowels and glottal stops. Its vocabulary is also complex. “A brother or sister is not ... «The State Press, Oct 13»
2
Lost in Translation: What the First Line of “The Stranger” Should Be
In many languages, bilabials such as “m,” “p,” and “b,” as well as the low vowel “a,” are among the easiest to produce. As a result, in English, ... «New Yorker, May 12»
3
When your tongue tricks your brain
Correction that [u] is a high back vowel, not a low vowel, appended, with thanks to the commenters.) Previous. German: Germany's Joe Sixpack ... «The Economist, Oct 10»
4
Studying language in South Park
“So 'i' is considered a high front vowel, 'ahhh' is considered a low vowel and 'o' as in boat is considered a back vowel,” said Kohn. “We change ... «Raleigh Public Record, Feb 10»
5
Celebrity accents: It's all very tongue-in-chic
"So Madonna, living in England, alters her low vowel in rather so that it comes out as rahther. Most of her accent is middle-class Michigander ... «USA Today, Jan 08»
REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Low vowel [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/low-vowel>. May 2024 ».
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