vowels

1. Letters of the alphabet that generally stand for sounds made with an open or partially open mouth: A, E, I, O, U, and sometimes Y (as in style ). ( Compare consonants .)

Example Sentences

The upper-class vowels were unforced, and the confident manner suggested good breeding and an expensive education.

From The Daily Beast

Not understanding the 30 seconds of guttural noises and flat vowels, a French-speaking journalist asked Federer to translate.

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She has one long leg in the Top 40 charts and another in the land of twangy vowels.

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As “t” stands for 1, and o and y are vowels, and have no figure value, the numerical value of Toy must be 1.

From Project Gutenberg

In the following words, the vowels have no figure value, hence in translation are never counted.

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The manner of pronouncing vowels and consonants became the most profound of mysteries, and often the most terrible.

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This pronunciation of the nasal vowels in French is, as is well known, an important factor in the famous "accent du Midi."

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In the final vowels io, we have the same term, with the same meaning which they carry in the Seneca, or old Mingo word Ohio.

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