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Meaning of "open vowel" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF OPEN VOWEL

open vowel  [ˈəʊpən ˈvaʊəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OPEN VOWEL

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preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Open 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 OPEN 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 open vowel in the English dictionary

The definition of open vowel in the dictionary is a vowel pronounced with the lips relatively wide apart.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH OPEN 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 OPEN VOWEL

open question
open sandwich
open scholarship
open season
open secret
open sentence
open sesame
open set
open shop
open side
open slather
open source
open string
open system
open texture
open ticket
Open University
open up
open verdict
open-and-shut

WORDS THAT END LIKE OPEN VOWEL

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

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

SYNONYMS

Translation of «open vowel» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF OPEN VOWEL

Find out the translation of open vowel to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of open 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 «open vowel» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

开放元音
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

vocal abierta
570 millions of speakers

English

open vowel
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

खुले स्वर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

حرف علة مفتوحة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

открытый гласный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

vogal aberta
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

খোলা রায়
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

voyelle ouverte
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Putusan terbuka
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

offenen Vokal
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

広母音
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

오픈 모음
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mbukak putusan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

mở nguyên âm
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

திறந்த தீர்ப்பு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

खुले निर्णय
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Açık kararı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

vocale aperta
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

otwarta samogłoska
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

відкритий гласний
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

vocală deschis
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ανοικτό φωνήεν
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

oop vokaal
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

öppen vokal
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

åpen vokal
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of open vowel

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «OPEN VOWEL»

The term «open vowel» is used very little and occupies the 180.021 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «OPEN VOWEL» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OPEN VOWEL»

Discover the use of open vowel in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to open vowel and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Grundzüge Der Phonologie. English
Distinctive properties of timbre are found with all vowels except the maximally open vowel phoneme. The latter phoneme is outside the oppositions of localization. Within these basic types, subtypes can be set up depending on how many ...
Prince Nikolai Sergeevich TRUBETSKOI, 1969
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The English Language
When o was lengthened it became a long open vowel, and in the standard language it became identical with ME ǭ, so that today we have the same vowel in boat and home (from OE bāt and hām) as in hope and throat (from OE hopa and  ...
Charles Barber, Joan Beal, Philip Shaw, 2012
3
A COURSE IN PHONETICS AND SPOKEN ENGLISH
... and the back in the case of suit) is near the highest point possible for the production of vowels. Again, the vowel in the English word cart is an open vowel because, in producing it, the back of the tongue is at the lowest point possible for the ...
J. SETHI, P. V. DHAMIJA, 1999
4
A Concise Cambodian-English Dictionary
4. a Unrounded, open vowel, slightly more front than a: (3), cf. Yorkshire a in 'cat'. 5. e Unrounded, half-close, front vowel, cf. English e in 'yet'. 6. vy Unrounded, falling diphthong starting from, a half-close, central vowel and moving towards a ...
Judith M. Jacob, 1974
5
The German Language Today: A Linguistic Introduction
The open vowel [a] is neutral with respect to lip-rounding. The German vowel sounds in Bühne, schön and können are examples of front vowels with lip- rounding. The German front rounded vowels are also distinguished according to whether ...
Charles Russ, 2002
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Phonetics of English
... of the total distance from the close position to the open position; an example of a half-close vowel is the English e (the first element of the diphthong in day); an example a half-open vowel is 6 (the first element of the diphthong in fair). 82. Fig.
Daniel Jones, Beverley Collins, Inger M. Mees, 2002
7
Early Modern English
In eModE it was realised as the half-open vowel [e], similar to that heard in French elle or German Belt. This is opener than the vowel of present-day rp, which is between half-open and half-close, and commonly nearer to the latter. The change ...
Charles Laurence Barber, 1997
8
Vulgar Latin
... is the most open vowel of all, relative quality did not become distinctive in this way; the short /a/ and the long /a:/ merged into a single phoneme /a/. The open version of the /i/ and the open version of the /u/, both originally short, did not ...
Jozsef Herman, 2010
9
English Vowel Production of Mandarin Speakers
English /æ/ is a near-open front-unrounded vowel. The aperture of the mouth is less open than that of an open vowel such as //. The lips are unrounded for English // and English /æ/. The horizontal tongue position is forward in the mouth.
Jia-Shiou Liao, 2008
10
The Baritone Voice: A Personal Guide to Acquiring a Superior ...
The e (eh) vowel The e (eh) vowel is neither a “closed” nor an “open” vowel, as it does not favor the muscular actions of either the lower register, the singing instrument's initial, open throat position register, nor the that of the upper register, the ...
Anthony Frisell, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OPEN VOWEL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term open vowel is used in the context of the following news items.
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Why you put on an American accent when you sing
It's what we linguists would call a more open vowel, and this is indeed the vowel Americans use in words like 'God', 'lot', 'moth', etcetera," he ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
2
'At 14 I saw Tosca and cried and cried': Director Robin Norton-Hale …
Italian is an easier language to sing in – it has nice open vowel sounds – so I also have to think about the singers if I give them tongue-twisters! «Ham&High, Jun 15»
3
Opera star sings with public school students
“Anything that has a nice open vowel, just lean in on it,” Normandy High School choir director Duane Foster told students as they rehearsed for ... «St. Louis American, May 15»
4
Denyce Graves 'On Board' with inclusion of OTSL and Normandy …
“Anything that has a nice open vowel, just lean in on it” Normandy High School choir director Duane Foster told students. Along with singers ... «St. Louis American, May 15»
5
Rick Trotter: Grizzlies, Faith, Church and Music
“I love names with great hard consonant and open vowel sounds,” Memphis Grizzlies PA announcer Rick Trotter told me. “My all time favorite is ... «Tru School Sports, Apr 15»
6
Saved by song: can singing improve your language skills?
... produced with the blade of the tongue rather than the tip, and Spanish “e”s are not as in English “get” but a slightly more open vowel, with the ... «The Guardian, Feb 15»
7
Fred Hughes: 'Fenton voters will not be ignored in fight for their own …
WHEN asked why he omitted Fenton from his novels, Arnold Bennett said it was because he considered the open vowel in 'five' sounded better ... «Stoke Sentinel, Sep 14»
8
Mia Doi Todd's 10th Album 'Floresta' Coming Soon
Todd delivers a less-is-more vocal playing with the lyric's open vowel sounds to stretch words into musical phrases that complement the song's ... «Broadway World, Aug 14»
9
Vancouver opera scene is on a roll
My husband will say, 'I need an open vowel on the third syllable of this passage.' It's not a screenplay, it's not lyrics, it's not a play, it's not a short ... «Vancouver Sun, Jul 14»
10
Latinísima: Embracing The Language of My Identity
I am Latina, but I am not that kind of Spanish speaker who can let go and allow those beautiful, open vowel and thrilling rrr sounds to roll off her ... «Huffington Post, Jul 14»

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