schwa
IPA: ʃwʌ
noun
- (phonetics) An indeterminate central vowel sound as the "a" in "about", represented as /ə/ in IPA.
- The character ə.
- Alternative form of shva [A Hebrew nikud vowel sign written as two vertical dots beneath a letter, in Israeli Hebrew indicating either the phoneme /e/ or the complete absence of a vowel.]
verb
- (phonetics, of a vowel sound, rare) To be reduced to schwa.
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Examples of "schwa" in Sentences
- A schwa would seem a good alternative.
- They specifically transcribe the schwa.
- A schwa is sort of an indistinct sound.
- All of those are pronounced with a schwa.
- Circle the vowel that makes a schwa sound.
- And a root, if a vowel, will be a or schwa.
- In Indonesian, schwa can be stressed or not.
- A vowel in an unstressed syllable is a schwa.
- In the example of 'le' the only vowel in the word is schwa.
- A second principle is the retirement of the schwa and using the dash instead.
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