front vowel

English

Noun

front vowel (plural front vowels)

(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

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