- vowel, vowel sound - a speech sound made with the vocal tract open
--1 is a kind of phone, speech sound, sound
Antonyms: consonant
--1 has particulars:ablaut; diphthong; schwa, shwa; stem vowel, thematic vowel Derived form: verb vowelize1 - vowel - a letter of the alphabet standing for a spoken vowel
--2 is a kind of letter, letter of the alphabet, alphabetic character
--2 has particulars: vowel point