vowel
C1Գոյական/US /vˈaʊəl/ VOU-əl; UK /vˈaʊəl/ VOU-əl/
A vocal, or sometimes a whispered, sound modified by resonance in the oral passage, the peculiar resonance in each case giving to each several vowel its distinctive character or quality as a sound of speech; -- distinguished from a consonant in that the.
