Open-mid front rounded vowel
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Template:CSS IPA vowel chart
Where symbols appear in pairs, the one to the right
represents a rounded vowel.
represents a rounded vowel.
The open-mid front rounded vowel is a type of vowel sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is Template:IPA, and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is 9. The symbol œ is a ligature of the letters o and e.
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Features
- Its vowel height is open-mid, which means the tongue is positioned halfway between an open vowel and a mid vowel.
- Its vowel backness is front, which means the tongue is positioned as far forward as possible in the mouth without creating a constriction that would be classified as a consonant.
- Its vowel roundedness is rounded, which means that the lips are rounded.
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Occurs in
- Danish and Norwegian: høne Template:IPA, 'hen'
- Dutch: deur Template:IPA, 'door'
- Faroese: løgdu Template:IPA, 'laid' (pl.)
- French: jeune Template:IPA, 'young'
- German: Hölle Template:IPA, 'hell'
- Icelandic: þö Template:IPA, 'however'
- Swedish: nött Template:Audio-IPA, 'worn'de:Gerundeter halboffener Vorderzungenvokal
fr:Voyelle moyenne inférieure antérieure arrondie ko:전설 원순 중저모음 ja:円唇前舌半広母音