vowel

Meanings

Plural: vowels

Noun

a speech sound made with the vocal tract open
a letter of the alphabet standing for a spoken vowel
A sound produced by the vocal cords with relatively little restriction of the oral cavity, forming the prominent sound of a syllable.
A letter representing the sound of a vowel; in English, the vowels are a, e, i, o, u, w (sometimes), y (sometimes) .

Verb

To add vowel points to a consonantal script (e.g. niqqud in Hebrew or harakat in Arabic).

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English vouel, from Old French vouel, a variant of voyeul (whence French voyelle), from Latin vōcālis (“voiced”), itself a semantic loan of Koine Greek φωνῆεν (phōnêen). Doublet of vocal and vocalis.

Synonyms

vocalize, vowel sound, vowelize

Antonyms

consonant

Scrabble Score: 11

vowel is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
vowel is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
vowel is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 13

vowel is a valid Words With Friends word