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PRONUNCIATION OF SHWA

shwa  [ʃwɑː] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SHWA

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Shwa 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 SHWA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Shwa

Shwa is an American singer/songwriter currently residing in Los Angeles. Born Joshua Losben, he is the former front-man of the Washington, DC based band "Shwa" and currently tours under the name "Shwa Losben." In 2008, he won the Robert Allen Songwriting Award named after the American composer Robert Allen...

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SHWA


armoire
ɑːmˈwɑː
baignoire
ˈbenwɑː
boudoir
ˈbuːdwɑː
bourgeois
ˈbʊəʒwɑː
Chihuahua
tʃɪˈwɑːwɑː
Chippewa
ˈtʃɪpɪˌwɑː
conservatoire
kənˈsɜːvəˌtwɑː
devoir
ˈdevwɑː
devoirs
dəˈvwɑː
Dubois
djuːˈbwɑː
fatwa
ˈfætwɑː
Kwa
kwɑː
memoir
ˈmɛmwɑː
noir
nwɑː
Renoir
ˈrɛnwɑː
repertoire
ˈrɛpəˌtwɑː
reservoir
ˈrɛzəˌvwɑː
Seychellois
ˌseɪʃɛlˈwɑː
tous-les-mois
ˌtuːleɪˈmwɑː
wawa
ˈwɑːˌwɑː

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SHWA

shuttle
shuttle armature
shuttle bus
shuttle diplomacy
shuttle movement
shuttle service
shuttlecock
shuttleless
shuttler
shuttlewise
shwe-shwe
shy
shyer
shyish
Shylock
shyly
Shymkent
shyness
shypoo
shyster

WORDS THAT END LIKE SHWA

Adamawa
bushwa
Djawa
Iowa
Kanazawa
kawa
kawakawa
Kurosawa
malwa
Ojibwa
Okinawa
Oshawa
Ottawa
pohutukawa
schwa
Sumbawa
tawa
Tihwa
twa
Warszawa

Synonyms and antonyms of shwa in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «shwa» into 25 languages

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Translator English - Chinese

shwa
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

shwa
570 millions of speakers

English

shwa
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

shwa
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

shwa
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

shwa
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

shwa
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

shwa
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Shwa
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Shwa
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

shwa
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

shwa
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

shwa
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Shwa
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

shwa
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

shwa
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

श्वा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

shwa
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

shwa
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

shwa
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

shwa
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

shwa
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σσβα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

shwa
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Shwa
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

shwa
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of shwa

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SHWA»

The term «shwa» is regularly used and occupies the 71.497 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SHWA» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SHWA»

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1
The elements of Hebrew
THE USE OF SHWA AND THE CHATEPHS Shwa (See p. 8) - . There are two uses of shwa (— ) ; first, it is merely a marker for the end of a syllable, when it is silent, and is called shwa quiescens or silent shwa; e. g. 7b(p)1 yiq-tol; second, it is ...
Enoch Spradling Price, 1922
2
Wit'ch Fire/Storm
Fen'shwa probed his mouth, his eyes widening with shock as his finger came out bloody. A fire grew in Fen'sliwa's glare, his eyes dilating until the yellow in them became black. Tol'chuk had never seen such rage! Fen'shwa howled a battle ...
James Clemens, 2002
3
A dictionary of the Chinese language
Wan shwa, or JU J£ He- shwa, or 5? Shwa he, to play; to trifle; to pass the time idle or viciously, Shwa ngae tsze, to play with a fool or an idiot* by telling him ridiculous stories. HI To say what is not right. Shwa, or ShwS, to scrape ; to brush;  ...
Robert Morrison, 1865
4
A Dictionary of the Chinese Language: Chinese and English ...
Tm give a violent and forced construction to. 1 *408. {\) An ugly face. 9409. Shwa or Sba, To play; to trifle i to amuse. Tseen shwa J expert; clever. Wan shwa JyQ 1 or He shwa ^ ^ or Shwa he | ^ to play ; to trifle j to pass the time idly or viciously.
Robert Morrison, 1819
5
Chinese Dictionary
That amount still isn't enough. shua Wade Romanization for shwa. ahuai Wa4e Romanization for shway. shuan Wade Romanization for shw»n. shuang Wade Romanization for ahwang. shui Wade Romanization for ahwey. shun Wade ...
‎2003
6
A Basic Introduction to Biblical Hebrew, with CD
The hateph-vowels are simple: they are a combination of a short vowel plus shwa and are pronounced as an even shorter version of the short vowel. Shwa itself is more difficult, because it has two uses in the BH system of pronunciation we ...
Jo Ann Hackett, 2010
7
A Dictionary of the Chinese Language, in Three Parts: ...
SHWA.— CCCIFD SYLLABLE Manuscript Dictionary, Xo*. Canton Dialect, Ski. SHWA or SHWE. — CCCHIRD SYLLABLE. Manuscript Dictionary, Xat. Canton Dialect, Skat. SHWAE. — CCCIVTH SYLLABLE. Confounded with Shae.
Robert Morrison, 1819
8
Decoding the Mind of God: 12 Steps to Living the Life You ...
Omni CHAPTER 136 the meAnIng oF sAcred FUng shwA When your mind is balanced and harmonized, you will understand that the Fung Shwa is a form of energy that comes from within. The “Fung” is the sound, and the “Shwa” is the result ...
O. M. Kelly, 2011
9
Oneida-English/English Oneida Dictionary
And maybe it's annoying for you to go to school. (Cl) NOTE: See also the stative base -shwa'tani'- be resentful, be dissatisfied. The alternant -shwa'tani- occurs in the habitual aspect and the facilitative, -shwa'tA- occurs in the punctual aspect.
Karin Michelson, Mercy Doxtator, 2002
10
Hua, a Papuan Language of the Eastern Highlands of New Guinea
rule of shwa insertion, applying before it. Rule (26) on the other hand, derives, all reduced vowels, from a prior shwa, and thus follows, the rule which inserts shwa in the first place. It seems to be entirely immaterial which solution is adopted.
John Haiman, 1980

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