schwa

See also: Schwa

English

Etymology

From German Schwa, from Hebrew שווא \ שְׁוָא‎ (sh'va ,š’vā, “nought”).

Pronunciation

  • enPR: shwä, IPA(key): /ʃwɑː/
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Noun

schwa (plural schwas)

  1. An indeterminate central vowel sound as the "a" in "about", represented as /ə/ in IPA.
  2. The character ə, an upside-down, backwards, lower-case E

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Noun

schwa m (plural schwas)

  1. (phonetics) schwa (mid-central vowel)
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