vowels
/ˈvaʊəlz/
vowels is the plural of vowel.
Meaning of vowel
Noun
vowel (plural vowels)
- A sound produced by the vocal cords with relatively little restriction of the oral cavity, forming the prominent sound of a syllable.
- Hawaiian has either five or twenty-five vowels, depending on how they are counted.
- Antonyms:
- consonant
- 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).
- The word facetiously is spelled with all six vowels in alphabetical order.
- Antonyms:
- consonant
Phrases with vowels
- lax vowels
- back vowels
- dark vowels
- echo vowels
- long vowels
- oral vowels
- prop vowels
- front vowels
- happy vowels
- nasal vowels
- short vowels
- tense vowels
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Words that rhyme with vowels
Questions about vowels
- What is vowels the plural of?
- Vowels is the plural of vowel.
- How do you pronounce vowels?
- Vowels is pronounced /ˈvaʊəlz/.
Words near vowels in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: vowels (page history and authors); vowel (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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