vowel

• Sonido del habla que se produce con el tracto vocal abierto, sin obstrucción del flujo de aire, o la letra del alfabeto que representa dicho sonido.

A speech sound produced with an open vocal tract, or a letter of the alphabet that represents such a sound.

1. A2formal

   A speech sound produced with the vocal tract relatively open, allowing air to flow freely without obstruction.

   Vocal (sonido del habla)

   • The English language has both short and long vowel sounds.
   • She practiced pronouncing the vowel sounds in different words.
   • Vowels are essential for forming syllables in speech.

   Sinónimossonantvowel sound

   Antónimosconsonant

2. A1formal

   A letter of the alphabet that represents a vowel sound, such as a, e, i, o, u, and sometimes y.

   vocal

   • The word 'apple' starts with the vowel 'a'.
   • In English, every word must contain at least one vowel.
   • The vowels in the alphabet are a, e, i, o, and u.

   Antónimosconsonant