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vowel in Malay

bunyi hidup

/ˈvaʊ.əl/

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also/vaʊl/

vowel in Malay: bunyi hidup, vokal, huruf hidup. In English, vowel means a sound produced by the vocal cords with relatively little restriction of the oral cavity, forming the prominent sound of a syllable.

Malay words for vowel

sound
bunyi hidup, vokal
letter
huruf hidup, vokal

English meaning of vowel

  1. noun A sound produced by the vocal cords with relatively little restriction of the oral cavity, forming the prominent sound of a syllable.
  2. noun A letter or diacritic representing the sound of a vowel; in English, the vowels are a, e, i, o, u, y (sometimes), and w (rarely).
  3. verb To add vowel points to a consonantal script (e.g. niqqud in Hebrew or harakat in Arabic).

Full definition of vowel

vowel in a sentence

  • Hawaiian has either five or twenty-five vowels, depending on how they are counted.
  • The word facetiously is spelled with all six vowels in alphabetical order.
  • The word cwm, borrowed from Welsh, is an example of the letter w serving as a vowel in English.

Synonyms of vowel

vowel in other languages

Questions about vowel in Malay

What is the meaning of vowel in Malay?
Vowel in Malay is bunyi hidup, vokal, huruf hidup.
Apakah maksud vowel dalam bahasa Melayu?
Vowel: bunyi hidup, vokal, huruf hidup.
What does vowel mean in English?
Vowel means a sound produced by the vocal cords with relatively little restriction of the oral cavity, forming the prominent sound of a syllable.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: vowel (page history and authors), its translation table and English meanings. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Malay words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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