vowel
'vauәlnoun
B1944th most heard wordIn 117 of 3788 videos (3%)heard 508 timeslast on Oct 28, 2026
- n. a speech sound made with the vocal tract open
- n. a letter of the alphabet standing for a spoken vowel
Across the 3,788 English YouTube videos LingoDew uses to teach English, “vowel” is heard 508 times in 117 videos from 18 channels, the 944th most heard word. Unofficial CEFR word lists put it at B1.
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- 2:58Yep, most Americans don't use the /ɒ/ vowel sound.是的，大多数美国人不使用 /ɒ/ 这个元音。Say These 200 DAILY WORDS in a British Accent! (MODERN RP)
- 1:23But if that next word begins with a vowel sound, for example, in a sentence, here and there,但如果下一个词以元音开头，例如，在一个句子中，here and there，Perfect English! - Speak faster and more naturally with connected speech
- 1:55For example, in many English words that have two vowels in a row.例如，在许多有两个元音连在一起的英语单词中。Ways to Improve English Listening Skills and Understand Native English Speakers
- 0:02In upper RP, the jaw barely moves, as expressed in these vowel sounds.在上层标准英音（Upper RP）中，下巴几乎不动，正如这些元音发音所表现的那样。How to sound posh - Part two
- 4:24That's a bit difficult, being that you're learning English, where there's like a bajillion vowel sounds.这有点难，因为你在学英语，英语里好像有无数个元音。Your accent in English doesn't matter...
How it's said
Forms and phrases that come up again and again in the videos.
- Forms you'll hear
- vowels
- Often heard with
- vowel sound134×two vowel47×vowel in31×vowel be21×e vowel13×
Related words
Words that come up in the same clips.
soundsaundn. the particular auditory effect produced by a given causeRɑ:(r)n. the 18th letter of the Roman alphabetwordwә:dn. a unit of language that native speakers can identifytonguetʌŋn. a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavitypronounceprә'naunsv. speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain waypronunciationprәu.nʌnsi'eiʃәnn. the manner in which someone utters a word
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