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schwis

schwis is the plural of schwi.

Meaning of schwi

Noun

schwi (plural schwis)

  1. An indeterminate near-close central unrounded vowel sound, such as the "e" in "roses" or the "y" in "very", depending on the accent; sometimes represented as [[[ɨ]]] in IPA or [[[ᵻ]]] in para-IPA.
    • Similarly the syllable "day" in "Sunday" is to be printed smaller than the rest of the type and in the higher position to show, first that the vowel is unstressed and second that the sounds needs to be "schwi,"1966, Albert J. Mazurkiewicz, The Initial Teaching Alphabet and the World of English: Proceedings

Questions about schwis

What is schwis the plural of?
Schwis is the plural of schwi.

Words near schwis in the dictionary

  1. schwingmoor
  2. schwingmoors
  3. Schwings
  4. Schwinn
  5. Schwinns
  6. schwis
  7. Schwitalla
  8. Schwitallas
  9. schwitz
  10. schwitzed
  11. schwitzes

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