"schwar" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ʃwɑɹ/ Forms: schwars [plural], schwer [alternative, rare]
enPR: shwär Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ) Etymology: From schwa + r. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|schwa|r}} schwa + r Head templates: {{en-noun}} schwar (plural schwars)
  1. (phonetics) A rhotacized schwa. Coordinate_terms: a-schwa, schwa, schwi, schwu
    Sense id: en-schwar-en-noun-kdHt4eha Categories (other): Phonetics Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, phonetics, phonology, sciences
  2. (linguistics, typography) The letter ɚ, used in the International Phonetic Alphabet used to represent a rhoticized schwa.
    Sense id: en-schwar-en-noun-LoLBroi4 Categories (other): Linguistics, Typography, East Central German entries with incorrect language header, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Phonemes Disambiguation of East Central German entries with incorrect language header: 10 14 27 49 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 62 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 4 10 30 56 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 7 35 56 Disambiguation of Phonemes: 27 73 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, media, publishing, sciences, typography
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: ɚ, ɝ

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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