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schwa

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

Españolschwa
Française muetschwa
19 more languages
العربيةشْوَا
Bosanskišvaшва
Češtinašva
Esperantoŝvao
Suomišvaa
עבריתשווא
हिन्दीश्वा
Hrvatskišvaшва
Bahasa Indonesiapepet
Italianoscevàschwa
日本語シュワー
한국어슈와
Nederlandsdoffe esjwa
Polskiszwa
Portuguêscheváschwaxeváxuá
Русскийшва
Slovenčinašva
Slovenščinapolglasnik
Српскиšvaшва

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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