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Meaning of "pure vowel" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PURE VOWEL

pure vowel  [pjʊə ˈvaʊəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PURE VOWEL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Pure 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 PURE VOWEL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Monophthong

A monophthong is a pure vowel sound, one whose articulation at both beginning and end is relatively fixed, and which does not glide up or down towards a new position of articulation. The monophthongs can be contrasted with diphthongs, where the vowel quality changes within the same syllable, and hiatus, where two vowels are next to each other in different syllables.

Definition of pure vowel in the English dictionary

The definition of pure vowel in the dictionary is a vowel that is pronounced with more or less unvarying quality without any glide; monophthong.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PURE 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 PURE VOWEL

purdah
purdonium
pure
pure culture
pure laine
Pure Land sects
pure line
pure merino
pure new wool
pure tone
pure watercolour
pure-hearted
pure-minded
pureblood
purebred
puree
purely
pureness
purfle
purfler

WORDS THAT END LIKE PURE VOWEL

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

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

SYNONYMS

Translation of «pure vowel» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PURE VOWEL

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

Translator English - Chinese

纯元音
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

vocal pura
570 millions of speakers

English

pure vowel
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

शुद्ध स्वर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

حرف علة النقي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

чистый гласный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

vogal pura
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বিশুদ্ধ স্বরবর্ণ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

voyelle pur
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Vokal tulen
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

reiner Vokal
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

純粋な母音
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

순수 모음
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Vokal murni
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nguyên âm tinh khiết
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தூய உயிர்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

शुद्ध स्वर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Saf sesli harf
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

vocale puro
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

czysta samogłoska
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

чистий голосний
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

vocală pur
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

καθαρό φωνήεν
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

suiwer vokaal
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ren vokal
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ren vokal
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of pure vowel

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PURE VOWEL»

The term «pure vowel» is barely ever used and occupies the 199.992 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PURE VOWEL» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PURE VOWEL»

Discover the use of pure vowel in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to pure vowel and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary, and Expositor of the ...
Our ancestors, judging of its nature from its name, never suspected that it was not a pure vowel, and constantly prefixed the article an before nouns beginning with this letter; as an union, an useful book. They were confirmed in this opinion by ...
John Walker, 1806
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Adv Communicative Eng
There are twenty distinct vowel sounds in English. These twenty vowels are further classified as pure vowels and diphthongs. A pure vowel is a single sound marked by its steady quality. During the production of a pure vowel, its quality does ...
Krishna Mohan, Meenakshi Raman, Meenakshi Raman, 2010
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Elements of English Grammar: With a Postscript, Analysis, ...
Others hold it to be a pure vowel, forming a distinct syllable, in all such words. The mutilation of i into y is,evidently a corruption of the pure pronunciation of this they vowel, and an error, which ought to be corrected. See letter C. p. It. The impure ...
Jonathan Morgan, 1814
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Prescriptions for Choral Excellence
Discussion The Cult of the “Pure” Vowel The core of the vowel—which itself is achieved by the size of the jaw opening, the shape of the lips, and the position of the tongue—is the core of the pitch when that vowel is sung as opposed to spoken.
Shirlee Emmons, Constance Chase, 2006
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Beginning Creek
To illustrate the difference between a pure vowel and a diphthongized vowel, pronounce the word "go" very slowly. You should feel your mouth move as you pronounce the o of this word: your jaw will move upward and your lips will move until ...
Pamela Joan Innes, Linda Alexander, Bertha Tilkens, 2004
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The English Teacher's Handbook
The diphthong, like the pure vowel, belongs to the same syllable (For structure of the syllable, see 2.21.) while two separate vowels give rise to two syllables. (For further discussion, see 2.17). Similarly, in some rare cases three vowels may ...
T. C. Baruah, 1991
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A grammar of the Hebrew language: with a brief chrestomathy, ...
A pure vowel is one with which no consonant sound coalesces. § 24. An impure vowel is one with which a consonant sound coalesces. E. g. in IS'i ddrbhar both vowels are pure ; the first in ^ , because no consonant follows; the second in "13,  ...
George Bush, 1835
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Walker's Critical Pronouncing Dictionary: Corrected and ...
Our ancestors, judging of its nature from its name, never suspected that it vas not a pure vowel, and constantly pre. fixed the article an before nouns beginning with this letter: as, an union, an useful book. They were confirmed In this opinion by ...
Rev. John Davis (A.M., of Belfast, Eng.), 1830
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A Companion to Communication Skill in English: A Practical ...
2.2 Vowel Sounds Lesson 1: Getting Acquainted with the Pure Vowel Sounds Hint: There are 20 vowel sounds in total. We can simply divide vowels into pure vowels and diphthongs. Pure vowel sounds are total 12 in number. A pure vowel is ...
JITENDRA KUMAR MISHRA, 2012
10
Learning Language in Logic
We will call these characters pure vowels. Since the characters produced by these states are put before a word by a prefix clauses, this means that prefix clauses cannot add a pure vowel prefix to a word. Second, the suffix clause state cannot ...
James Cussens, Saso Dzeroski, 2000

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PURE VOWEL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term pure vowel is used in the context of the following news items.
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Apple loses trademark battle in the Philippines
While there may be a resemblance as to the sound produced when pronouncing “I” and “MY”, they are both distinct, one being pronounced with a pure vowel ... «Lexology, Jun 15»
2
What a Dinosaur's Mating Scream Sounds Like
White found a paper from 1962, titled “A Study of Formants of the Pure Vowels of British English.” The paper, based on recordings of twenty-five male subjects, ... «The New Yorker, May 15»
3
Travels with Arundhathi
“Perhaps I will tire of your grammar/ find myself yearning for the rumble of verb or the soft/flesh of pure vowel/ on those mornings when I stumble/ over your ... «The Hindu, Jan 15»
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Dec. 8 2014 12:36 PM
If you sing a simple rising scale on a pure vowel like [α] ("ah"), then your voice is producing a pure legato; the uninterrupted air-stream ensures that, though the ... «Slate Magazine, Dec 14»
5
George Szirtes: what being bilingual means for my writing and identity
My vowels were pure; the mouth that produced the pure vowel shapes never closed gently into a diphthong. The letter "p" was formed further forward as was the ... «The Guardian, May 14»
6
Mother tongue
Four vowels in and already I was forgetting everything I memorized only a few .... According to the syllabus, I would need to learn the six pure vowels and the first ... «The Daily Star, Feb 14»
7
Operatic Tenor Vocal Library
The library includes a full selection of Ah, Ee, Eh, Oh and Oo vowel sustains in both ... liturgical chants, classic French verses, pure vowels and soulful humming. «Sonic State, Dec 13»
8
Delaware teen gets a new voice [video]
Recently, Bunnell dusted off those recordings and isolated a pure vowel sound from Haley's vocalizations. Using software his team developed, he imposed the ... «Newsworks.org, Apr 13»
9
Richard III May Have Had a Brummie Accent
For example, elongated vowels are a distinctive aspect of Richard's speech patterns. ... He noted that Richard may well have used a pure vowel in his speech ... «Discovery News, Feb 13»
10
Richard III had a twang? Secrets of reconstructing a voice
"Richard may have had a pure vowel there, so just 'saa' or 'praa.'" On the page, Shaw said, the words are easy to pronounce into modern English letters. «Christian Science Monitor, Feb 13»

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« EDUCALINGO. Pure vowel [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/pure-vowel>. Apr 2024 ».
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