open vowel

collocation in English

meaningsofopenandvowel

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open
adjective
uk
/ˈəʊ.pən/us
/ˈoʊ.pən/
not closed ...
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vowel
noun[C]
uk
/vaʊəl/us
/vaʊəl/
a speech sound produced by humans when the breath flows out through the mouth without being blocked by the teeth, tongue, ...
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(Definition ofopenandvowelfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofopen vowel

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For the letter name of i, the starting point is anopenvowelpronunciation.
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Two continuous vowels, such as /ia/, /uo/, and /io/, that change from a closed vowel to anopenvowelare considered two independent vowels.
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The defining characteristic of an open-mid vowel is that the tongue is positioned two-thirds of the way from anopenvowelto a mid vowel.
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Two basic diphthongs exist: anopenvowelfollowed by "y" ("ay"), and anopenvowelfollowed by "w" ("aw").
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If a stem contains (or), a suffix that is specified for anopenvowelwill have (or, respectively) as well.
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The defining characteristic of a mid vowel is that the tongue is positioned mid-way between anopenvoweland a close vowel.
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These terms are built up from speech sounds that are easiest to produce (bilabials like m, p, and b and theopenvowela).
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Which tends to use open vowels such as and.
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The open vowels form diphthongs with the approximants and.
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Open vowels are sometimes also called low vowels in reference to the low position of the tongue.
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The first and last letter, "a" (corresponding to "alaph"), is used to represent a range of open vowels.
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