English word vowel comes from Latin vox, and later German Vokal ((linguistics, phonetics) vowel.)
| Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| vox | Latin (lat) | (grammar) voice; indicating the relation of the subject of the verb to the action which the verb expresses. Accent. Speech, remark, expression, (turn of) phrase. Voice. Word. |
| vocalis | Latin (lat) | (grammar) vowel Never silent. Prophesying. Sonorous, melodious. Sounding, not silent. Vocal, having a voice, speaking. |
| Vokal | German (de) | (linguistics, phonetics) vowel. |
| voyeul | Old French (fro) | Vowel. |
| vowel | English (en) | (linguistics) To add vowel points to a consonantal script (e.g. niqqud in Hebrew or harakat in Arabic) (orthography) A letter representing the sound of vowel; in English, the vowels are a, e, i, o and u, and sometimes y.. (phonetics) A sound produced by the vocal cords with relatively little restriction of the oral cavity, forming the prominent sound of a syllable. |