"vowel" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈvaʊ.əl/, /vaʊl/ [also] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-vowel.wav [London, UK], en-us-vowel.ogg [US] Forms: vowels [plural]
enPR: vouʹəl, voul Rhymes: -aʊəl, -aʊl Etymology: From Middle English vouel, from Old French vouel, a variant of voyeul (whence French voyelle), from Latin vōcālis (“voiced”), itself a semantic loan of Koine Greek φωνῆεν (phōnêen). Doublet of vocal. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*wekʷ-}}, {{inh|en|enm|vouel}} Middle English vouel, {{der|en|fro|vouel}} Old French vouel, {{m|fro|voyeul}} voyeul, {{cog|fr|voyelle}} French voyelle, {{der|en|la|vōcālis||voiced}} Latin vōcālis (“voiced”), {{noncog|grc-koi|φωνῆεν}} Koine Greek φωνῆεν (phōnêen), {{doublet|en|vocal}} Doublet of vocal Head templates: {{en-noun}} vowel (plural vowels)
  1. (phonetics) A sound produced by the vocal cords with relatively little restriction of the oral cavity, forming the prominent sound of a syllable. Categories (topical): Phonetics Hypernyms (sound): sonorant, resonant Translations (sound): klinker (Afrikaans), vokaal (Afrikaans), zanore [feminine] (Albanian), φωνήεντα (alt: γράμματα) [neuter, plural] (Ancient Greek), φωνῆεν (phōnêen) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), صَائِت (ṣāʔit) [masculine] (Arabic), مُصَوِّت (muṣawwit) [masculine] (Arabic), vocal [feminine] (Aragonese), ձայնավոր (jaynavor) (Armenian), vocal [feminine] (Asturian), sait (Azerbaijani), һуҙынҡы (huźınqı) (Bashkir), bokal (Basque), гало́сны (halósny) [masculine] (Belarusian), স্বর (śor) (Bengali), tiyaw (Bikol Central), гла́сна (glásna) [feminine] (Bulgarian), သရ (sa.ra.) (Burmese), vocal [feminine] (Catalan), мукъаме (muqʼame) (Chechen), 母音 (mǔyīn) (Chinese Mandarin), 元音 (yuányīn) (Chinese Mandarin), vucale [feminine] (Corsican), samohláska [feminine] (Czech), vokal [common-gender] (Danish), selvlyd [rare] (Danish), klinker [masculine] (Dutch), klinkerklank [masculine] (Dutch), vokalo (Esperanto), täishäälik (Estonian), vokaal (Estonian), sjálvljóð [neuter] (Faroese), vokaali (Finnish), voyelle [feminine] (French), vogal [feminine] (Galician), ხმოვანი (xmovani) (Georgian), Vokal [masculine] (German), Vokallaut (english: specifying sound vs. letter) [masculine] (German), Selbstlaut (english: chiefly elementary school) [masculine] (German), φωνήεν (foníen) [neuter] (Greek), vwayèl (Haitian Creole), wasali (Hausa), תְּנוּעָה (tnu‘á) [feminine] (Hebrew), स्वर (svar) [masculine] (Hindi), सुर (sur) [masculine] (Hindi), magánhangzó (Hungarian), sérhljóð [neuter] (Icelandic), huruf hidup (Indonesian), vokal (Indonesian), vokala (Ingrian), glasnoi (Ingrian), vocal (Interlingua), guta [masculine] (Irish), vocale [feminine] (Italian), 母音 (boin) (alt: ぼいん) (Japanese), эгшг (egşg) (Kalmyk), kakatni (Kapampangan), дауысты (dauysty) (Kazakh), ស្រៈ (sraʼ) (Khmer), ស្វរៈ (svaʼraʼ) (Khmer), 모음 (mo'eum) (alt: 母音) (Korean), үндүү (ündüü) (Kyrgyz), ສະຫລະ (sa la) (Lao), vōcālis [feminine] (Latin), patskanis [masculine] (Latvian), vokālis [masculine] (Latvian), balsis (Lithuanian), само́гласка (samóglaska) [feminine] (Macedonian), bunyi hidup (Malay), vokal (Malay), oro puare (Maori), эгшиг (egšig) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), ᠡᠭᠡᠰᠢᠭ (egesig) [Mongolian] (Mongolian), zaʼáán (Navajo), vokal [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), vocala [feminine] (Occitan), hljóðstafr (Old Norse), واکه (vâke) (Persian), Metlut [masculine] (Plautdietsch), samogłoska [feminine] (Polish), vogal [feminine] (Portuguese), ਸਵਰ (savar) [masculine] (Punjabi), vocală [feminine] (Romanian), гла́сный (glásnyj) [masculine] (Russian), स्वर (svara) [masculine] (Sanskrit), fuaimreag [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), самоглас [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), са̏могласнӣк [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), во̀ка̄л [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), samoglas [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), sȁmoglasnīk [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), vòkāl [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), samohláska [feminine] (Slovak), samoglasnik [masculine] (Slovene), ӱндӱ (ündü) (Southern Altai), vocal [feminine] (Spanish), vokali (Swahili), irabu (Swahili), vokal [common-gender] (Swedish), vokalljud [neuter] (Swedish), självljud [archaic, neuter] (Swedish), patinig (Tagalog), садонок (sadonok) (Tajik), అచ్చు (accu) (Telugu), สระ (sà) (Thai), ünlü (Turkish), sesli (Turkish), çekimli (Turkmen), голосни́й (holosnýj) [masculine] (Ukrainian), مصوت (musavvat) (Urdu), سوزۇق تاۋۇش (sozuq tawush) (Uyghur), unli (Uzbek), vokal' (Veps), nguyên âm (Vietnamese), mẫu âm (Vietnamese), vokat (Volapük), voyale [feminine] (Walloon), llafariad [feminine] (Welsh), וואָקאַל (vokal) (Yiddish), fáwẹ̀lì (Yoruba), unkamisa class 1a/2a (Zulu)
    Sense id: en-vowel-en-noun-87vGagOm Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 35 33 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, phonetics, phonology, sciences Disambiguation of 'sound': 62 38 Disambiguation of 'sound': 62 38
  2. (orthography) A letter representing the sound of a vowel; in English, the vowels are a, e, i, o, u, y. Categories (topical): Orthography Translations (letter): klinker (Afrikaans), vokaal (Afrikaans), φωνῆεν (phōnêen) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), حَرَكَة (ḥaraka) (english: short vowel sign) [feminine] (Arabic), حَرْفُ مَدّ (ḥarfu madd) (english: long vowel sign) [feminine] (Arabic), vocal [feminine] (Aragonese), ձայնավոր (jaynavor) (Armenian), vocal [feminine] (Asturian), һуҙынҡы (huźınqı) (Bashkir), bokal (Basque), гало́сная (halósnaja) [feminine] (Belarusian), tiyaw (Bikol Central), гла́сна (glásna) [feminine] (Bulgarian), vocal [feminine] (Catalan), vokal (Central Dusun), мукъаме (muqʼame) (Chechen), 母音 (mǔyīn) (Chinese Mandarin), 元音 (yuányīn) (Chinese Mandarin), vucale [feminine] (Corsican), samohláska [feminine] (Czech), vokal [common-gender] (Danish), klinker [masculine] (Dutch), sjálvljóð [neuter] (Faroese), vokaali (Finnish), voyelle [feminine] (French), vogal [feminine] (Galician), letra vogal [feminine] (Galician), ხმოვანი (xmovani) (Georgian), Vokal [masculine] (German), Vokalbuchstabe (english: specifying letter vs. sound) [masculine] (German), φωνήεν (foníen) [neuter] (Greek), magánhangzó (Hungarian), magánhangzóbetű (Hungarian), sérhljóði [masculine] (Icelandic), huruf hidup (Indonesian), vokal (Indonesian), vokala (Ingrian), glasnoi (Ingrian), vocal (Interlingua), guta [masculine] (Irish), vocale [feminine] (Italian), 母音 (boin) (alt: ぼいん) (Japanese), 母音字 (boinji) (alt: ぼいんじ) (Japanese), siwala (Kapampangan), siuala (Kapampangan), 모음 (mo'eum) (alt: 母音) (Korean), ສະຫລະ (sa la) (Lao), patskanis [masculine] (Latvian), vokālis [masculine] (Latvian), само́гласка (samóglaska) [feminine] (Macedonian), zanatsoratra (Malagasy), huruf hidup (Malay), vokal (Malay), oro puare (Maori), эгшиг үсэг (egšig üseg) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), vocala [feminine] (Occitan), واکه (vâke) (Persian), samogłoska [feminine] (Polish), vogal [feminine] (Portuguese), vocală [feminine] (Romanian), гла́сная (glásnaja) [feminine] (Russian), स्वर (svara) [masculine] (Sanskrit), vouel (Scots), fuaimreag [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), самоглас [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), са̏могласнӣк [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), samoglas [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), sȁmoglasnīk [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), samohláska [feminine] (Slovak), vocal [feminine] (Spanish), letra vocal [feminine] (Spanish), vokali (Swahili), irabu (Swahili), vokal [common-gender] (Swedish), patinig (Tagalog), உயிரெழுத்து (uyireḻuttu) (Tamil), అచ్చు (accu) (Telugu), เสียงสระ (Thai), สระ (sà) (Thai), ünlü (Turkish), голосна́ (holosná) [feminine] (Ukrainian), vokal' (Veps), vokat (Volapük), vokatatonat (Volapük), voyale [feminine] (Walloon), fáwẹ̀lì (Yoruba)
    Sense id: en-vowel-en-noun-ZEzvugAi Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 35 33 Topics: communications, journalism, literature, media, orthography, publishing, writing Disambiguation of 'letter': 0 100
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Verb

IPA: /ˈvaʊ.əl/, /vaʊl/ [also] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-vowel.wav [London, UK], en-us-vowel.ogg [US] Forms: vowels [present, singular, third-person], vowelling [participle, present], voweling [US, participle, present], vowelled [participle, past], vowelled [past], voweled [US, participle, past], voweled [US, past]
enPR: vouʹəl, voul Rhymes: -aʊəl, -aʊl Etymology: From Middle English vouel, from Old French vouel, a variant of voyeul (whence French voyelle), from Latin vōcālis (“voiced”), itself a semantic loan of Koine Greek φωνῆεν (phōnêen). Doublet of vocal. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*wekʷ-}}, {{inh|en|enm|vouel}} Middle English vouel, {{der|en|fro|vouel}} Old French vouel, {{m|fro|voyeul}} voyeul, {{cog|fr|voyelle}} French voyelle, {{der|en|la|vōcālis||voiced}} Latin vōcālis (“voiced”), {{noncog|grc-koi|φωνῆεν}} Koine Greek φωνῆεν (phōnêen), {{doublet|en|vocal}} Doublet of vocal Head templates: {{en-verb|++|past2=voweled|past2_qual=US|pres_ptc2=voweling|pres_ptc2_qual=US}} vowel (third-person singular simple present vowels, present participle vowelling or (US) voweling, simple past and past participle vowelled or (US) voweled)
  1. (linguistics) To add vowel points to a consonantal script (e.g. niqqud in Hebrew or harakat in Arabic). Categories (topical): Linguistics Synonyms: vowelize, vocalize Translations (to add vowel points): حَرَّكَ (ḥarraka) [masculine] (Arabic)
    Sense id: en-vowel-en-verb-APk34CPp Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 35 33 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of \"sound\"",
      "word": "consonant"
    },
    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of \"letter\"",
      "word": "consonant"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "back vowel"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "cardinal vowel"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "dark vowel"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "disemvowel"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "echo vowel"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "front vowel"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "full vowel"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "gliding vowel"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "half-long vowel"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "happy vowel"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "inherent vowel"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "lax vowel"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "long vowel"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "long-vowel mark"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "nasal vowel"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "natural vowel"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "neutral vowel"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "oral vowel"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "overlong vowel"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "prop vowel"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "R-coloured vowel"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "reduced vowel"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "rounded vowel"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "semivowel"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "semi-vowel"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "short vowel"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "tense vowel"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "thematic vowel"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "unrounded vowel"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "vowel harmony"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "vowelization"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "vowelisation"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "vowelize"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "vowelise"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "vowel killer"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "vowelless"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "vowelling"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "vowel lowering"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "vowel mutation"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "vowel point"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "vowel pointing"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "vowel quantity"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "vowel reduction"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "vowel rhyme"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "vowel sign"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "yo",
            "2": "fáwẹ̀lì",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Yoruba: fáwẹ̀lì",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Yoruba: fáwẹ̀lì"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*wekʷ-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "vouel"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English vouel",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "vouel"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French vouel",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "voyeul"
      },
      "expansion": "voyeul",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "voyelle"
      },
      "expansion": "French voyelle",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "vōcālis",
        "4": "",
        "5": "voiced"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin vōcālis (“voiced”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc-koi",
        "2": "φωνῆεν"
      },
      "expansion": "Koine Greek φωνῆεν (phōnêen)",
      "name": "noncog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "vocal"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of vocal",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English vouel, from Old French vouel, a variant of voyeul (whence French voyelle), from Latin vōcālis (“voiced”), itself a semantic loan of Koine Greek φωνῆεν (phōnêen). Doublet of vocal.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "vowels",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "vowel (plural vowels)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "vocalic"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "consonant"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "liquid"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "vocalization"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "occurring before a vowel",
      "word": "prevocalic"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "occurring between vowels",
      "word": "intervocalic"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "occurring after a vowel",
      "word": "postvocalic"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "front"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "central"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "back"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "rounded"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "unrounded"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "close"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "near-close"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "close-mid"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "mid"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "open-mid"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "near-open"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "open"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Phonetics",
          "orig": "en:Phonetics",
          "parents": [
            "Linguistics",
            "Language",
            "Social sciences",
            "Communication",
            "Sciences",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "32 35 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "In Welsh, the w usually represents a vowel.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A sound produced by the vocal cords with relatively little restriction of the oral cavity, forming the prominent sound of a syllable."
      ],
      "hypernyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "sense": "sound",
          "word": "sonorant"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "sense": "sound",
          "word": "resonant"
        }
      ],
      "id": "en-vowel-en-noun-87vGagOm",
      "links": [
        [
          "phonetics",
          "phonetics"
        ],
        [
          "vocal cords",
          "vocal cords"
        ],
        [
          "oral cavity",
          "oral cavity"
        ],
        [
          "syllable",
          "syllable"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(phonetics) A sound produced by the vocal cords with relatively little restriction of the oral cavity, forming the prominent sound of a syllable."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "phonetics",
        "phonology",
        "sciences"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "af",
          "lang": "Afrikaans",
          "sense": "sound",
          "word": "klinker"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "af",
          "lang": "Afrikaans",
          "sense": "sound",
          "word": "vokaal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "sq",
          "lang": "Albanian",
          "sense": "sound",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "zanore"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "ṣāʔit",
          "sense": "sound",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "صَائِت"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "muṣawwit",
          "sense": "sound",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "مُصَوِّت"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "an",
          "lang": "Aragonese",
          "sense": "sound",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "vocal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "jaynavor",
          "sense": "sound",
          "word": "ձայնավոր"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "ast",
          "lang": "Asturian",
          "sense": "sound",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "vocal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "sound",
          "word": "sait"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "ba",
          "lang": "Bashkir",
          "roman": "huźınqı",
          "sense": "sound",
          "word": "һуҙынҡы"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "eu",
          "lang": "Basque",
          "sense": "sound",
          "word": "bokal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "halósny",
          "sense": "sound",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "гало́сны"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "bn",
          "lang": "Bengali",
          "roman": "śor",
          "sense": "sound",
          "word": "স্বর"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "bcl",
          "lang": "Bikol Central",
          "sense": "sound",
          "word": "tiyaw"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "glásna",
          "sense": "sound",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "гла́сна"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "my",
          "lang": "Burmese",
          "roman": "sa.ra.",
          "sense": "sound",
          "word": "သရ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "sound",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "vocal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "ce",
          "lang": "Chechen",
          "roman": "muqʼame",
          "sense": "sound",
          "word": "мукъаме"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "mǔyīn",
          "sense": "sound",
          "word": "母音"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "yuányīn",
          "sense": "sound",
          "word": "元音"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "co",
          "lang": "Corsican",
          "sense": "sound",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "vucale"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "sound",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "samohláska"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "sound",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "vokal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "sound",
          "tags": [
            "rare"
          ],
          "word": "selvlyd"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "sound",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "klinker"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "sound",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "klinkerklank"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "sound",
          "word": "vokalo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "sound",
          "word": "täishäälik"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "sound",
          "word": "vokaal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "sound",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "sjálvljóð"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "sound",
          "word": "vokaali"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "sound",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "voyelle"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "sound",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "vogal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "xmovani",
          "sense": "sound",
          "word": "ხმოვანი"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "sound",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Vokal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "de",
          "english": "specifying sound vs. letter",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "sound",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Vokallaut"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "de",
          "english": "chiefly elementary school",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "sound",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Selbstlaut"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "foníen",
          "sense": "sound",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "φωνήεν"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "alt": "γράμματα",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "sense": "sound",
          "tags": [
            "neuter",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "φωνήεντα"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "phōnêen",
          "sense": "sound",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "φωνῆεν"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "ht",
          "lang": "Haitian Creole",
          "sense": "sound",
          "word": "vwayèl"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "ha",
          "lang": "Hausa",
          "sense": "sound",
          "word": "wasali"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "tnu‘á",
          "sense": "sound",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "תְּנוּעָה"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "svar",
          "sense": "sound",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "स्वर"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "sur",
          "sense": "sound",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "सुर"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "sound",
          "word": "magánhangzó"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "sound",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "sérhljóð"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "sound",
          "word": "huruf hidup"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "sound",
          "word": "vokal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "izh",
          "lang": "Ingrian",
          "sense": "sound",
          "word": "vokala"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "izh",
          "lang": "Ingrian",
          "sense": "sound",
          "word": "glasnoi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "ia",
          "lang": "Interlingua",
          "sense": "sound",
          "word": "vocal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "sound",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "guta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "sound",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "vocale"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "alt": "ぼいん",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "boin",
          "sense": "sound",
          "word": "母音"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "xal",
          "lang": "Kalmyk",
          "roman": "egşg",
          "sense": "sound",
          "word": "эгшг"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "pam",
          "lang": "Kapampangan",
          "sense": "sound",
          "word": "kakatni"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "dauysty",
          "sense": "sound",
          "word": "дауысты"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "sraʼ",
          "sense": "sound",
          "word": "ស្រៈ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "svaʼraʼ",
          "sense": "sound",
          "word": "ស្វរៈ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "alt": "母音",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "mo'eum",
          "sense": "sound",
          "word": "모음"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "ündüü",
          "sense": "sound",
          "word": "үндүү"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "sa la",
          "sense": "sound",
          "word": "ສະຫລະ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "sound",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "vōcālis"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "sound",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "patskanis"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "sound",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "vokālis"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "sound",
          "word": "balsis"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "samóglaska",
          "sense": "sound",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "само́гласка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "sound",
          "word": "bunyi hidup"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "sound",
          "word": "vokal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "sound",
          "word": "oro puare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "egšig",
          "sense": "sound",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "эгшиг"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "egesig",
          "sense": "sound",
          "tags": [
            "Mongolian"
          ],
          "word": "ᠡᠭᠡᠰᠢᠭ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "nv",
          "lang": "Navajo",
          "sense": "sound",
          "word": "zaʼáán"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "sound",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "vokal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "sound",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "vocala"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "non",
          "lang": "Old Norse",
          "sense": "sound",
          "word": "hljóðstafr"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "vâke",
          "sense": "sound",
          "word": "واکه"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "pdt",
          "lang": "Plautdietsch",
          "sense": "sound",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Metlut"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "sound",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "samogłoska"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "sound",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "vogal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "pa",
          "lang": "Punjabi",
          "roman": "savar",
          "sense": "sound",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ਸਵਰ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "sound",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "vocală"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "glásnyj",
          "sense": "sound",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "гла́сный"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "sa",
          "lang": "Sanskrit",
          "roman": "svara",
          "sense": "sound",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "स्वर"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "sound",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "fuaimreag"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "sound",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "самоглас"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "sound",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "са̏могласнӣк"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "sound",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "во̀ка̄л"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "sound",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "samoglas"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "sound",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "sȁmoglasnīk"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "sound",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "vòkāl"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "sound",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "samohláska"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "sound",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "samoglasnik"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "alt",
          "lang": "Southern Altai",
          "roman": "ündü",
          "sense": "sound",
          "word": "ӱндӱ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "sound",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "vocal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "sw",
          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "sound",
          "word": "vokali"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "sw",
          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "sound",
          "word": "irabu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "sound",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "vokal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "sound",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "vokalljud"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "sound",
          "tags": [
            "archaic",
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "självljud"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "sound",
          "word": "patinig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "sadonok",
          "sense": "sound",
          "word": "садонок"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "te",
          "lang": "Telugu",
          "roman": "accu",
          "sense": "sound",
          "word": "అచ్చు"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "sà",
          "sense": "sound",
          "word": "สระ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "sound",
          "word": "ünlü"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "sound",
          "word": "sesli"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "tk",
          "lang": "Turkmen",
          "sense": "sound",
          "word": "çekimli"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "holosnýj",
          "sense": "sound",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "голосни́й"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "roman": "musavvat",
          "sense": "sound",
          "word": "مصوت"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "62 38",
          "code": "ug",
          "lang": "Uyghur",
          "roman": "sozuq tawush",
          "sense": "sound",
          "word": "سوزۇق تاۋۇش"
        },
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          "word": "fáwẹ̀lì"
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          "lang": "Afrikaans",
          "sense": "letter",
          "word": "klinker"
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          "sense": "letter",
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          "word": "һуҙынҡы"
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          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "_dis1": "0 100",
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          "_dis1": "0 100",
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          "_dis1": "0 100",
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          "_dis1": "0 100",
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          "word": "siuala"
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        {
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          "_dis1": "0 100",
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          "_dis1": "0 100",
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    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "vowel"
  ],
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}

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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*wekʷ-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "vouel"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "vouel"
      },
      "expansion": "Old French vouel",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "voyeul"
      },
      "expansion": "voyeul",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "voyelle"
      },
      "expansion": "French voyelle",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "vōcālis",
        "4": "",
        "5": "voiced"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin vōcālis (“voiced”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc-koi",
        "2": "φωνῆεν"
      },
      "expansion": "Koine Greek φωνῆεν (phōnêen)",
      "name": "noncog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "vocal"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of vocal",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
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    {
      "form": "vowels",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vowelling",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "voweling",
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vowelled",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "vowelled",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "voweled",
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "voweled",
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "++",
        "past2": "voweled",
        "past2_qual": "US",
        "pres_ptc2": "voweling",
        "pres_ptc2_qual": "US"
      },
      "expansion": "vowel (third-person singular simple present vowels, present participle vowelling or (US) voweling, simple past and past participle vowelled or (US) voweled)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Linguistics",
          "orig": "en:Linguistics",
          "parents": [
            "Language",
            "Social sciences",
            "Communication",
            "Sciences",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "32 35 33",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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        {
          "ref": "2019, Tim Mackintosh-Smith, Arabs, Yale University Press, page 52",
          "text": "However it should be vowelled – perhaps ‘Almaqah’ – his name seems to be composed of ‘Il’, the general name of the paramount Semitic deity […], plus another element that is possibly from the Sabaic verb wqh, ‘to command’ […].",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To add vowel points to a consonantal script (e.g. niqqud in Hebrew or harakat in Arabic)."
      ],
      "id": "en-vowel-en-verb-APk34CPp",
      "links": [
        [
          "linguistics",
          "linguistics"
        ],
        [
          "vowel point",
          "vowel point"
        ],
        [
          "niqqud",
          "niqqud"
        ],
        [
          "harakat",
          "harakat"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(linguistics) To add vowel points to a consonantal script (e.g. niqqud in Hebrew or harakat in Arabic)."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "vowelize"
        },
        {
          "word": "vocalize"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences"
      ],
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        {
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "ḥarraka",
          "sense": "to add vowel points",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "حَرَّكَ"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈvaʊ.əl/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/vaʊl/",
      "tags": [
        "also"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aʊəl"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aʊl"
    },
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      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-vowel.wav",
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      "tags": [
        "London",
        "UK"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (London, UK)"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-vowel.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e9/En-us-vowel.ogg/En-us-vowel.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e9/En-us-vowel.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "vouʹəl"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "voul"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "vowel"
  ],
  "word": "vowel"
}
{
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    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of \"sound\"",
      "word": "consonant"
    },
    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of \"letter\"",
      "word": "consonant"
    }
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    "English 1-syllable words",
    "English 2-syllable words",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English doublets",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms derived from Latin",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms derived from Old French",
    "English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *wekʷ-",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English verbs",
    "Requests for review of Guaraní translations",
    "Requests for review of Gujarati translations",
    "Requests for review of Indonesian translations",
    "Requests for review of Interlingua translations",
    "Rhymes:English/aʊl",
    "Rhymes:English/aʊl/1 syllable",
    "Rhymes:English/aʊəl",
    "Rhymes:English/aʊəl/2 syllables"
  ],
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    {
      "word": "back vowel"
    },
    {
      "word": "cardinal vowel"
    },
    {
      "word": "dark vowel"
    },
    {
      "word": "disemvowel"
    },
    {
      "word": "echo vowel"
    },
    {
      "word": "front vowel"
    },
    {
      "word": "full vowel"
    },
    {
      "word": "gliding vowel"
    },
    {
      "word": "half-long vowel"
    },
    {
      "word": "happy vowel"
    },
    {
      "word": "inherent vowel"
    },
    {
      "word": "lax vowel"
    },
    {
      "word": "long vowel"
    },
    {
      "word": "long-vowel mark"
    },
    {
      "word": "nasal vowel"
    },
    {
      "word": "natural vowel"
    },
    {
      "word": "neutral vowel"
    },
    {
      "word": "oral vowel"
    },
    {
      "word": "overlong vowel"
    },
    {
      "word": "prop vowel"
    },
    {
      "word": "R-coloured vowel"
    },
    {
      "word": "reduced vowel"
    },
    {
      "word": "rounded vowel"
    },
    {
      "word": "semivowel"
    },
    {
      "word": "semi-vowel"
    },
    {
      "word": "short vowel"
    },
    {
      "word": "tense vowel"
    },
    {
      "word": "thematic vowel"
    },
    {
      "word": "unrounded vowel"
    },
    {
      "word": "vowel harmony"
    },
    {
      "word": "vowelization"
    },
    {
      "word": "vowelisation"
    },
    {
      "word": "vowelize"
    },
    {
      "word": "vowelise"
    },
    {
      "word": "vowel killer"
    },
    {
      "word": "vowelless"
    },
    {
      "word": "vowelling"
    },
    {
      "word": "vowel lowering"
    },
    {
      "word": "vowel mutation"
    },
    {
      "word": "vowel point"
    },
    {
      "word": "vowel pointing"
    },
    {
      "word": "vowel quantity"
    },
    {
      "word": "vowel reduction"
    },
    {
      "word": "vowel rhyme"
    },
    {
      "word": "vowel sign"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "yo",
            "2": "fáwẹ̀lì",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Yoruba: fáwẹ̀lì",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Yoruba: fáwẹ̀lì"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*wekʷ-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "vouel"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fro",
        "3": "vouel"
      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": "voyeul"
      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "voyelle"
      },
      "expansion": "French voyelle",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "vōcālis",
        "4": "",
        "5": "voiced"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin vōcālis (“voiced”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc-koi",
        "2": "φωνῆεν"
      },
      "expansion": "Koine Greek φωνῆεν (phōnêen)",
      "name": "noncog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "vocal"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of vocal",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English vouel, from Old French vouel, a variant of voyeul (whence French voyelle), from Latin vōcālis (“voiced”), itself a semantic loan of Koine Greek φωνῆεν (phōnêen). Doublet of vocal.",
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    {
      "form": "vowels",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "vowel (plural vowels)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "sense": "sound",
      "word": "sonorant"
    },
    {
      "sense": "sound",
      "word": "resonant"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "word": "vocalic"
    },
    {
      "word": "consonant"
    },
    {
      "word": "liquid"
    },
    {
      "word": "vocalization"
    },
    {
      "english": "occurring before a vowel",
      "word": "prevocalic"
    },
    {
      "english": "occurring between vowels",
      "word": "intervocalic"
    },
    {
      "english": "occurring after a vowel",
      "word": "postvocalic"
    },
    {
      "word": "front"
    },
    {
      "word": "central"
    },
    {
      "word": "back"
    },
    {
      "word": "rounded"
    },
    {
      "word": "unrounded"
    },
    {
      "word": "close"
    },
    {
      "word": "near-close"
    },
    {
      "word": "close-mid"
    },
    {
      "word": "mid"
    },
    {
      "word": "open-mid"
    },
    {
      "word": "near-open"
    },
    {
      "word": "open"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "en:Phonetics"
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        {
          "text": "In Welsh, the w usually represents a vowel.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A sound produced by the vocal cords with relatively little restriction of the oral cavity, forming the prominent sound of a syllable."
      ],
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        [
          "phonetics",
          "phonetics"
        ],
        [
          "vocal cords",
          "vocal cords"
        ],
        [
          "oral cavity",
          "oral cavity"
        ],
        [
          "syllable",
          "syllable"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(phonetics) A sound produced by the vocal cords with relatively little restriction of the oral cavity, forming the prominent sound of a syllable."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "phonetics",
        "phonology",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "en:Orthography"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Facetiously is spelled with all six vowels in alphabetical order.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A letter representing the sound of a vowel; in English, the vowels are a, e, i, o, u, y."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "orthography",
          "orthography"
        ],
        [
          "letter",
          "letter"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(orthography) A letter representing the sound of a vowel; in English, the vowels are a, e, i, o, u, y."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "communications",
        "journalism",
        "literature",
        "media",
        "orthography",
        "publishing",
        "writing"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈvaʊ.əl/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/vaʊl/",
      "tags": [
        "also"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aʊəl"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aʊl"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-vowel.wav",
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      "tags": [
        "London",
        "UK"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (London, UK)"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-vowel.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e9/En-us-vowel.ogg/En-us-vowel.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e9/En-us-vowel.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "vouʹəl"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "voul"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "sound",
      "word": "klinker"
    },
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "sound",
      "word": "vokaal"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "sound",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "zanore"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ṣāʔit",
      "sense": "sound",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "صَائِت"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "muṣawwit",
      "sense": "sound",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "مُصَوِّت"
    },
    {
      "code": "an",
      "lang": "Aragonese",
      "sense": "sound",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vocal"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "jaynavor",
      "sense": "sound",
      "word": "ձայնավոր"
    },
    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "sound",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vocal"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "sound",
      "word": "sait"
    },
    {
      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "huźınqı",
      "sense": "sound",
      "word": "һуҙынҡы"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "sound",
      "word": "bokal"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "halósny",
      "sense": "sound",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "гало́сны"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "śor",
      "sense": "sound",
      "word": "স্বর"
    },
    {
      "code": "bcl",
      "lang": "Bikol Central",
      "sense": "sound",
      "word": "tiyaw"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "glásna",
      "sense": "sound",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "гла́сна"
    },
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "sa.ra.",
      "sense": "sound",
      "word": "သရ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "sound",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vocal"
    },
    {
      "code": "ce",
      "lang": "Chechen",
      "roman": "muqʼame",
      "sense": "sound",
      "word": "мукъаме"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "mǔyīn",
      "sense": "sound",
      "word": "母音"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yuányīn",
      "sense": "sound",
      "word": "元音"
    },
    {
      "code": "co",
      "lang": "Corsican",
      "sense": "sound",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vucale"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "sound",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "samohláska"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "sound",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "vokal"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "sound",
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "selvlyd"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "sound",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "klinker"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "sound",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "klinkerklank"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "sound",
      "word": "vokalo"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "sound",
      "word": "täishäälik"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "sound",
      "word": "vokaal"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "sound",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "sjálvljóð"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "sound",
      "word": "vokaali"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "sound",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "voyelle"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "sound",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vogal"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "xmovani",
      "sense": "sound",
      "word": "ხმოვანი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "sound",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Vokal"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "english": "specifying sound vs. letter",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "sound",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Vokallaut"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "english": "chiefly elementary school",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "sound",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Selbstlaut"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "foníen",
      "sense": "sound",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "φωνήεν"
    },
    {
      "alt": "γράμματα",
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "sense": "sound",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "φωνήεντα"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "phōnêen",
      "sense": "sound",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "φωνῆεν"
    },
    {
      "code": "ht",
      "lang": "Haitian Creole",
      "sense": "sound",
      "word": "vwayèl"
    },
    {
      "code": "ha",
      "lang": "Hausa",
      "sense": "sound",
      "word": "wasali"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "tnu‘á",
      "sense": "sound",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "תְּנוּעָה"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "svar",
      "sense": "sound",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "स्वर"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "sur",
      "sense": "sound",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "सुर"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "sound",
      "word": "magánhangzó"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "sound",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "sérhljóð"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "sound",
      "word": "huruf hidup"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "sound",
      "word": "vokal"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "sound",
      "word": "vokala"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "sound",
      "word": "glasnoi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "sound",
      "word": "vocal"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "sound",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "guta"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "sound",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vocale"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ぼいん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "boin",
      "sense": "sound",
      "word": "母音"
    },
    {
      "code": "xal",
      "lang": "Kalmyk",
      "roman": "egşg",
      "sense": "sound",
      "word": "эгшг"
    },
    {
      "code": "pam",
      "lang": "Kapampangan",
      "sense": "sound",
      "word": "kakatni"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "dauysty",
      "sense": "sound",
      "word": "дауысты"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "sraʼ",
      "sense": "sound",
      "word": "ស្រៈ"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "svaʼraʼ",
      "sense": "sound",
      "word": "ស្វរៈ"
    },
    {
      "alt": "母音",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "mo'eum",
      "sense": "sound",
      "word": "모음"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "ündüü",
      "sense": "sound",
      "word": "үндүү"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "sa la",
      "sense": "sound",
      "word": "ສະຫລະ"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "sound",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vōcālis"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "sound",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "patskanis"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "sound",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vokālis"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "sound",
      "word": "balsis"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "samóglaska",
      "sense": "sound",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "само́гласка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "sound",
      "word": "bunyi hidup"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "sound",
      "word": "vokal"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "sound",
      "word": "oro puare"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "egšig",
      "sense": "sound",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "эгшиг"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "egesig",
      "sense": "sound",
      "tags": [
        "Mongolian"
      ],
      "word": "ᠡᠭᠡᠰᠢᠭ"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "sound",
      "word": "zaʼáán"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "sound",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vokal"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "sound",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vocala"
    },
    {
      "code": "non",
      "lang": "Old Norse",
      "sense": "sound",
      "word": "hljóðstafr"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "vâke",
      "sense": "sound",
      "word": "واکه"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "sound",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Metlut"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "sound",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "samogłoska"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "sound",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vogal"
    },
    {
      "code": "pa",
      "lang": "Punjabi",
      "roman": "savar",
      "sense": "sound",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ਸਵਰ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "sound",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vocală"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "glásnyj",
      "sense": "sound",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "гла́сный"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "svara",
      "sense": "sound",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "स्वर"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "sound",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fuaimreag"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "sound",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "самоглас"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "sound",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "са̏могласнӣк"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "sound",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "во̀ка̄л"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "sound",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "samoglas"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "sound",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sȁmoglasnīk"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "sound",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vòkāl"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "sound",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "samohláska"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "sound",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "samoglasnik"
    },
    {
      "code": "alt",
      "lang": "Southern Altai",
      "roman": "ündü",
      "sense": "sound",
      "word": "ӱндӱ"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "sound",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vocal"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "sound",
      "word": "vokali"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "sound",
      "word": "irabu"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "sound",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "vokal"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "sound",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "vokalljud"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "sound",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "självljud"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "sound",
      "word": "patinig"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "sadonok",
      "sense": "sound",
      "word": "садонок"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "accu",
      "sense": "sound",
      "word": "అచ్చు"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "sà",
      "sense": "sound",
      "word": "สระ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "sound",
      "word": "ünlü"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "sound",
      "word": "sesli"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "sound",
      "word": "çekimli"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "holosnýj",
      "sense": "sound",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "голосни́й"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "musavvat",
      "sense": "sound",
      "word": "مصوت"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "sozuq tawush",
      "sense": "sound",
      "word": "سوزۇق تاۋۇش"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "sound",
      "word": "unli"
    },
    {
      "code": "vep",
      "lang": "Veps",
      "sense": "sound",
      "word": "vokal'"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "sound",
      "word": "nguyên âm"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "sound",
      "word": "mẫu âm"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "sound",
      "word": "vokat"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "sound",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "voyale"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "sound",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "llafariad"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "vokal",
      "sense": "sound",
      "word": "וואָקאַל"
    },
    {
      "code": "yo",
      "lang": "Yoruba",
      "sense": "sound",
      "word": "fáwẹ̀lì"
    },
    {
      "code": "zu",
      "lang": "Zulu",
      "sense": "sound",
      "word": "unkamisa class 1a/2a"
    },
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "letter",
      "word": "klinker"
    },
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "letter",
      "word": "vokaal"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "english": "short vowel sign",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ḥaraka",
      "sense": "letter",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "حَرَكَة"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "english": "long vowel sign",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ḥarfu madd",
      "sense": "letter",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "حَرْفُ مَدّ"
    },
    {
      "code": "an",
      "lang": "Aragonese",
      "sense": "letter",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vocal"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "jaynavor",
      "sense": "letter",
      "word": "ձայնավոր"
    },
    {
      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "letter",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vocal"
    },
    {
      "code": "ba",
      "lang": "Bashkir",
      "roman": "huźınqı",
      "sense": "letter",
      "word": "һуҙынҡы"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "letter",
      "word": "bokal"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "halósnaja",
      "sense": "letter",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "гало́сная"
    },
    {
      "code": "bcl",
      "lang": "Bikol Central",
      "sense": "letter",
      "word": "tiyaw"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "glásna",
      "sense": "letter",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "гла́сна"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "letter",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vocal"
    },
    {
      "code": "dtp",
      "lang": "Central Dusun",
      "sense": "letter",
      "word": "vokal"
    },
    {
      "code": "ce",
      "lang": "Chechen",
      "roman": "muqʼame",
      "sense": "letter",
      "word": "мукъаме"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "mǔyīn",
      "sense": "letter",
      "word": "母音"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yuányīn",
      "sense": "letter",
      "word": "元音"
    },
    {
      "code": "co",
      "lang": "Corsican",
      "sense": "letter",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vucale"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "letter",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "samohláska"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "letter",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "vokal"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "letter",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "klinker"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "letter",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "sjálvljóð"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "letter",
      "word": "vokaali"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "letter",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "voyelle"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "letter",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vogal"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "letter",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "letra vogal"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "xmovani",
      "sense": "letter",
      "word": "ხმოვანი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "letter",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Vokal"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "english": "specifying letter vs. sound",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "letter",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Vokalbuchstabe"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "foníen",
      "sense": "letter",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "φωνήεν"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "phōnêen",
      "sense": "letter",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "φωνῆεν"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "letter",
      "word": "magánhangzó"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "letter",
      "word": "magánhangzóbetű"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "letter",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sérhljóði"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "letter",
      "word": "huruf hidup"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "letter",
      "word": "vokal"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "letter",
      "word": "vokala"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "letter",
      "word": "glasnoi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "letter",
      "word": "vocal"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "letter",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "guta"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "letter",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vocale"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ぼいん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "boin",
      "sense": "letter",
      "word": "母音"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ぼいんじ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "boinji",
      "sense": "letter",
      "word": "母音字"
    },
    {
      "code": "pam",
      "lang": "Kapampangan",
      "sense": "letter",
      "word": "siwala"
    },
    {
      "code": "pam",
      "lang": "Kapampangan",
      "sense": "letter",
      "word": "siuala"
    },
    {
      "alt": "母音",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "mo'eum",
      "sense": "letter",
      "word": "모음"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "sa la",
      "sense": "letter",
      "word": "ສະຫລະ"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "letter",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "patskanis"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "letter",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vokālis"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "samóglaska",
      "sense": "letter",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "само́гласка"
    },
    {
      "code": "mg",
      "lang": "Malagasy",
      "sense": "letter",
      "word": "zanatsoratra"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "letter",
      "word": "huruf hidup"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "letter",
      "word": "vokal"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "letter",
      "word": "oro puare"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "egšig üseg",
      "sense": "letter",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "эгшиг үсэг"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "letter",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vocala"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "vâke",
      "sense": "letter",
      "word": "واکه"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "letter",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "samogłoska"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "letter",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vogal"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "letter",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vocală"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "glásnaja",
      "sense": "letter",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "гла́сная"
    },
    {
      "code": "sa",
      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "svara",
      "sense": "letter",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "स्वर"
    },
    {
      "code": "sco",
      "lang": "Scots",
      "sense": "letter",
      "word": "vouel"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "letter",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fuaimreag"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "letter",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "самоглас"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "letter",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "са̏могласнӣк"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "letter",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "samoglas"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "letter",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sȁmoglasnīk"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "letter",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "samohláska"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "letter",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vocal"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "letter",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "letra vocal"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "letter",
      "word": "vokali"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "letter",
      "word": "irabu"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "letter",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "vokal"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "letter",
      "word": "patinig"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "uyireḻuttu",
      "sense": "letter",
      "word": "உயிரெழுத்து"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "accu",
      "sense": "letter",
      "word": "అచ్చు"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "letter",
      "word": "เสียงสระ"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "sà",
      "sense": "letter",
      "word": "สระ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "letter",
      "word": "ünlü"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "holosná",
      "sense": "letter",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "голосна́"
    },
    {
      "code": "vep",
      "lang": "Veps",
      "sense": "letter",
      "word": "vokal'"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "letter",
      "word": "vokat"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "letter",
      "word": "vokatatonat"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "letter",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "voyale"
    },
    {
      "code": "yo",
      "lang": "Yoruba",
      "sense": "letter",
      "word": "fáwẹ̀lì"
    }
  ],
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    "vowel"
  ],
  "word": "vowel"
}

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    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
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        "present"
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      "form": "voweling",
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          "text": "However it should be vowelled – perhaps ‘Almaqah’ – his name seems to be composed of ‘Il’, the general name of the paramount Semitic deity […], plus another element that is possibly from the Sabaic verb wqh, ‘to command’ […].",
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        "sciences"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈvaʊ.əl/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/vaʊl/",
      "tags": [
        "also"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aʊəl"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aʊl"
    },
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      "tags": [
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        "UK"
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      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
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      "enpr": "vouʹəl"
    },
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      "enpr": "voul"
    }
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    {
      "word": "vowelize"
    },
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      "word": "vocalize"
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    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ḥarraka",
      "sense": "to add vowel points",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "حَرَّكَ"
    }
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    "vowel"
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}
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  "called_from": "form_descriptions/2028",
  "msg": "more than one value in \"alt\": phōnḗenta (grámmata) vs. γράμματα",
  "path": [
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  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "vowel",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1089",
  "msg": "suspicious unhandled suffix in Zulu: 'unkamisa class 1a/2a', originally 'unkamisa class 1a/2a'",
  "path": [
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  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "vowel",
  "trace": ""
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