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disenvowel

Syllables: dis·en·vow·elUK/ˌdɪsɛnˈvaʊəl/US/ˌdɪsənˈvaʊ(ə)l/

disenvowel is the alternative form of disemvowel.

Meaning of disemvowel

Verb

disemvowel (third-person singular simple present disemvowels, present participle (US) disemvoweling or (UK) disemvowelling, simple past and past participle (US) disemvoweled or (UK) disemvowelled)

  1. (humorous, sometimes, transitive) To remove the vowels from, for example, for the purpose of expurgating offensive words.
    • By the way, what has become of the conspiracy of Brander Matthews et als to disemvowel the English language? Not that it matters.1906 September 5, Puck, volume 60, number 1540, New York, N.Y.: Puck Pub. Co., →OCLC

Forms of disenvowel

third-person singular presentdisenvowels
present participle USdisenvoweling
present participle UKdisenvowelling
past participle USdisenvoweled
past USdisenvoweled
past participle UKdisenvowelled
past UKdisenvowelled

Origin of disenvowel

Compare envowel.

Words that rhyme with disenvowel

Questions about disenvowel

What is disenvowel the alternative form of?
Disenvowel is the alternative form of disemvowel.
How do you pronounce disenvowel?
Disenvowel is pronounced /ˌdɪsɛnˈvaʊəl/ (UK).

Words near disenvowel in the dictionary

  1. disenvenoms
  2. disenviron
  3. disenvironed
  4. disenvironing
  5. disenvirons
  6. disenvowel
  7. disenvoweled
  8. disenvoweling
  9. disenvowelled
  10. disenvowelling
  11. disenvowels

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Adapted from Wiktionary: disenvowel (page history and authors); disemvowel (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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