"disenvowel" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ˌdɪsɛnˈvaʊəl/ [Received-Pronunciation], /-ɪm-/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌdɪsənˈvaʊ(ə)l/ [General-American] Forms: disenvowels [present, singular, third-person], disenvowelling [participle, present], disenvoweling [participle, present], disenvowelled [participle, past], disenvowelled [past], disenvoweled [participle, past], disenvoweled [past]
Rhymes: -aʊəl, -aʊl Etymology: Compare envowel. Head templates: {{en-verb|++|past2=disenvoweled|pres_ptc2=disenvoweling}} disenvowel (third-person singular simple present disenvowels, present participle disenvowelling or disenvoweling, simple past and past participle disenvowelled or disenvoweled)
  1. Alternative form of disemvowel. Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: disemvowel
    Sense id: en-disenvowel-en-verb-DanoRvTj Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSONL data for disenvowel meaning in English (1.8kB)

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  "etymology_text": "Compare envowel.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "disenvowels",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "disenvowelling",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "disenvoweling",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "disenvowelled",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "disenvowelled",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "disenvoweled",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "disenvoweled",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "++",
        "past2": "disenvoweled",
        "pres_ptc2": "disenvoweling"
      },
      "expansion": "disenvowel (third-person singular simple present disenvowels, present participle disenvowelling or disenvoweling, simple past and past participle disenvowelled or disenvoweled)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "dis‧en‧vow‧el"
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "disemvowel"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2005, Ruth Wajnryb, “Bootleggers and Asterisks”, in Expletive Deleted: A Good Look at Bad Language, New York, N.Y.: Free Press, page 187",
          "text": "Another swearing-curtailing device is to allow the taboo word but disenvowel it, so that fuck and cunt become \"f-ck\" and \"c-nt.\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of disemvowel."
      ],
      "id": "en-disenvowel-en-verb-DanoRvTj",
      "links": [
        [
          "disemvowel",
          "disemvowel#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌdɪsɛnˈvaʊəl/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/-ɪm-/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌdɪsənˈvaʊ(ə)l/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aʊəl"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aʊl"
    }
  ],
  "word": "disenvowel"
}
{
  "etymology_text": "Compare envowel.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "disenvowels",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "disenvowelling",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "disenvoweling",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "disenvowelled",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "disenvowelled",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "disenvoweled",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "disenvoweled",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "++",
        "past2": "disenvoweled",
        "pres_ptc2": "disenvoweling"
      },
      "expansion": "disenvowel (third-person singular simple present disenvowels, present participle disenvowelling or disenvoweling, simple past and past participle disenvowelled or disenvoweled)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "dis‧en‧vow‧el"
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "disemvowel"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English 4-syllable words",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English verbs",
        "Rhymes:English/aʊl",
        "Rhymes:English/aʊl/4 syllables",
        "Rhymes:English/aʊəl",
        "Rhymes:English/aʊəl/4 syllables"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2005, Ruth Wajnryb, “Bootleggers and Asterisks”, in Expletive Deleted: A Good Look at Bad Language, New York, N.Y.: Free Press, page 187",
          "text": "Another swearing-curtailing device is to allow the taboo word but disenvowel it, so that fuck and cunt become \"f-ck\" and \"c-nt.\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of disemvowel."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "disemvowel",
          "disemvowel#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌdɪsɛnˈvaʊəl/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/-ɪm-/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌdɪsənˈvaʊ(ə)l/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aʊəl"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aʊl"
    }
  ],
  "word": "disenvowel"
}

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