SCHWA

schwa, shwa

(noun) a neutral middle vowel; occurs in unstressed syllables

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

schwa (plural schwas)

(phonetics) An indeterminate central vowel sound as the "a" in "about", represented as /ə/ in IPA.

Synonyms: natural vowel, neutral vowel

Coordinate terms: a-schwa, schwi

Hyponym: schwar

The character ə.

Anagrams

• chaws

Source: Wiktionary



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