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SCHWA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does schwa mean?
• SCHWA (noun)
The noun SCHWA has 1 sense:
1. a neutral middle vowel; occurs in unstressed syllables
Familiarity information: SCHWA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A neutral middle vowel; occurs in unstressed syllables
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
schwa; shwa
Hypernyms ("schwa" is a kind of...):
vowel; vowel sound (a speech sound made with the vocal tract open)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "schwa"):
murmur; murmur vowel (a schwa that is incidental to the pronunciation of a consonant)
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