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Meaning of schwa | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
ʃwɑ

Definitions

  1. An indeterminate central vowel sound as the "a" in "about", represented as /ə/ in IPA.
  2. The name of the Latin script letter Ə/ə.

Equivalents

العربية شْوَا
Bosanski šva шва
Čeština šva
Deutsch Murmelvokal Schwa
Esperanto ŝvao
Español schwa
Suomi švaa
Français e muet schwa
עברית שווא
हिन्दी श्वा
Hrvatski šva шва
Bahasa Indonesia pepet
Italiano scevà schwa
日本語 シュワー
한국어 슈와
Nederlands doffe e sjwa
Polski szwa
Português chevá schwa xevá xuá
Русский шва
Slovenčina šva
Slovenščina polglasnik
Српски šva шва

Examples

“The participle has also, owing to the accent, the lightest possible forms; but here there was no reduplication, and so in class I. the "schwa" took the form e before single mutes or fricatives, and elsewhere o.”
“However, word-final unstressed schwa is deleted even by the speakers from South Albania, though to different degrees and dependant on the speech style[…]”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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