vowel in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

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vowel [Brit ˈvaʊəl, Am ˈvaʊ(ə)l] N

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vowel in the PONS Dictionary

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vowel Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

a vowel sound
un son vocalique
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Vowel length is nonphonemic, and changes according to the vowel's place within the word.
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This is done by writing the vowel doubled.
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They can not include more than two vowels.
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The final vowel of a word is usually whispered or deleted, unless the word is at the end of a phrase or sentence.
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Both short and long vowels can occur in any position.
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And it shows "saltillo" by marking the preceding vowel with a grave accent if it is medial or a circumflex if it is final.
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In the word "button", both syllables are closed syllables because they contain single vowels followed by consonants.
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There are, however, multiple ways of representing or ignoring vowel length in written text.
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During the babbling stage, vowel distribution has no clear pattern.
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A vowel can also be called at no cost.
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