Word of the Day 04/19/22 Schwa
Schwa (noun)
schwa [ shwah ]
noun Phonetics.
1. the mid-central, neutral vowel sound typically occurring in unstressed syllables in English, however spelled, as the sound of a in alone and sofa, e in system, i in easily, o in gallop, u in circus.
2. the phonetic symbol ə, used to represent this sound.
Sometimes shwa.
Origin: First recorded in 1890–95; from German, from Hebrew shəwā, name of a diacritic marking schwa or no vowel
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schwa [ shwah ]
noun Phonetics.
1. the mid-central, neutral vowel sound typically occurring in unstressed syllables in English, however spelled, as the sound of a in alone and sofa, e in system, i in easily, o in gallop, u in circus.
2. the phonetic symbol ə, used to represent this sound.
Sometimes shwa.
Origin: First recorded in 1890–95; from German, from Hebrew shəwā, name of a diacritic marking schwa or no vowel
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