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MURMUR VOWEL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does murmur vowel mean? 

MURMUR VOWEL (noun)
  The noun MURMUR VOWEL has 1 sense:

1. a schwa that is incidental to the pronunciation of a consonantplay

  Familiarity information: MURMUR VOWEL used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MURMUR VOWEL (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A schwa that is incidental to the pronunciation of a consonant

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

murmur; murmur vowel

Hypernyms ("murmur vowel" is a kind of...):

schwa; shwa (a neutral middle vowel; occurs in unstressed syllables)


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