schwa

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/ʃwɑ/ English

Definitions

noun

An indeterminate central vowel sound as the "a" in "about", represented as /ə/ in IPA.
The character ə.

Related words

Synonyms

natural vowel neutral vowel shwa epenthesis epenthetic a-schwa schwi schwar schwa primum schwa deletion inherent vowel wedge short a semivowel aphthong shva

Associated

syncope elided tilde deletion syllabic vowel consonant formalization syllable diacritic syllables

Rhymes

guffaw draw withdraw raw flaw in the raw claw chutzpah law paw

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