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Schwa
see synonyms of schwaNoun
WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.
Schwa
see synonyms of schwanoun
1.
a central vowel represented in the International Phonetic Alphabet by (ə
). The sound occurs in unstressed syllables in English, as in around, mother, and sofa
2.
the symbol (ə
) used to represent this sound
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Schwa
see synonyms of schwa noun
1.
the neutral mid-central vowel sound of most unstressed syllables in English: the
sound represented by a in ago, e in agent, i in sanity, etc.
2.
the symbol (ə) for this sound, used in the International Phonetic Alphabet and some
respelling systems
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Schwa
see synonyms of schwan.
1. A mid-central neutral vowel, typically occurring in unstressed syllables, as the final vowel of English sofa.
2. The symbol (ə) used to represent an unstressed neutral vowel and, in some systems of phonetic transcription, a stressed mid-central vowel, as in but.
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