Selbstlaut — meaning in English

English meaning

• vowel noun A speech sound made with an open vocal tract, without blocking the airflow — the core sound of a syllable.

Senses

Selbstlaut is used for these senses in English:

• vowel (phonetics) A sound produced by the vocal cords with relatively little restriction of the oral cavity, forming the prominent sound of a syllable.
• vowel (orthography) A letter or diacritic representing the sound of a vowel; in English, the vowels are a, e, i, o, u, w (rarely), y (sometimes).

vowel — full definition

1. noun A speech sound made with an open vocal tract, without blocking the airflow — the core sound of a syllable.
2. noun A letter representing a vowel sound — in English, a, e, i, o, u, and sometimes y.

Related German words