front vowel

front vowel

English

Noun

front vowel (plural front vowels)

1. (phonetics) Any vowel sound produced in the front of the mouth. Examples: "a" in “man” and "e" in “gel”

Translations

Any vowel sound produced in the front of the mouth

Armenian: առաջնային շարքի ձայնավոր (aṙaǰnayin šarkʿi jaynavor) Breton: vogalenn a-raok Danish: fortungevokal c Dutch: voorklinker (nl) Finnish: etuvokaali (fi) French: voyelle antérieure (fr) f German: Vorderzungenvokal m, vorderer Vokal m Greek: μπροστινό φωνήεν n (brostinó foníen)

Italian: vocale anteriore f Japanese: 前舌母音 (maejitaboin) Portuguese: vogal anterior f Russian: гла́сный пере́днего ря́да (glásnyj perédnevo rjáda) Spanish: vocal anterior m Tamil: முன்னுயிர் (muṉṉuyir) Turkish: ince ünlü (tr), ince sesli

See also

• back consonant
• back vowel
• front consonant
• vowel harmony