[ˈvaʊəl], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a speech sound which is produced by comparatively open configuration of the vocal tract, with vibration of the vocal cords but without audible friction, and which is a unit of the sound system of a language that forms the nucleus of a syllable
(e.g: the four middle syllables have the same vowel)


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Origin:
Middle English: from Old French vouel, from Latin vocalis (littera) ‘vocal (letter)’