noun🔗ShareA sound produced by the vocal cords with relatively little restriction of the oral cavity, forming the prominent sound of a syllable."The word "orange" contains the vowel sound "o". "grammarlanguagephoneticslinguisticssoundwordwritingeducationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA letter representing the sound of vowel; in English, the vowels are a, e, i, o, u, and sometimes y."The word "queen" has three vowels: two "e"s and one "u". "languagephoneticsgrammarlinguisticsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo add vowel points to a consonantal script (e.g. niqqud in Hebrew or harakat in Arabic)"The student needed to vowel the Hebrew word to pronounce it correctly. "languagewritinglinguisticsphoneticsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading