- close vowel
- close vow|el [ ,klous `vauəl ] noun count LINGUISTICSa vowel sound made with your tongue moved near the top of your mouth
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Close vowel — Close Close (kl[=o]s), a. [Compar. {Closer} (kl[=o] s[ e]r); superl. {Closest}.] [Of. & F. clos, p. p. of clore. See {Close}, v. t.] 1. Shut fast; closed; tight; as, a close box. [1913 Webster] From a close bower this dainty music flowed. Dryden … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Close vowel — Vowel Vow el, n. [F. voyelle, or an OF. form without y, L. vocalis (sc. littera), from vocalis sounding, from vox, vocis, a voice, sound. See {Vocal}.] (Phon.) A vocal, or sometimes a whispered, sound modified by resonance in the oral passage,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
close vowel — UK [ˌkləʊs ˈvaʊəl] US [ˌkloʊs ˈvaʊəl] noun [countable] [singular close vowel plural close vowels] linguistics a vowel sound made with your tongue near the top of your mouth … Useful english dictionary
Close vowel — IPA vowel chart Front Near front Central Near back … Wikipedia
close vowel — UK [ˌkləʊs ˈvaʊəl] / US [ˌkloʊs ˈvaʊəl] noun [countable] Word forms close vowel : singular close vowel plural close vowels linguistics a vowel sound made with your tongue near the top of your mouth … English dictionary
Near-close vowel — IPA vowel chart Front Near front Central Near back … Wikipedia
Close front rounded vowel — y Image … Wikipedia
Close-mid central rounded vowel — ɵ Image … Wikipedia
Close-mid central unrounded vowel — ɘ Image … Wikipedia
Close-mid front unrounded vowel — e Image … Wikipedia
