ETYM French voyelle, or an Old Fren. form without y, Latin vocalis (sc. littera), from vocalis sounding, from vox, vocis, a voice, sound. Related to Vocal.
1. A letter of the alphabet standing for a spoken vowel.
2. A speech sound made with the vocal tract open; SYN. vowel sound.
In speech, a voiced sound without friction. In the English alphabet the vowels are a, e, i, o, and u; y can represent either a vowel or a semivowel; all other letters are consonants. + prikaži više