schwa

See also Schwa

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Etymology

German Schwa, from Hebrew שְׁוָא (š’vā), meaning "nought".

Pronunciation

• enPR: shwä, IPA: /ʃwɑː/, X-SAMPA: /SwA:/

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Noun

schwa (plural schwas)

1. An indeterminate central vowel sound as the "a" in "about", represented as /ə/ in IPA and /@/ in SAMPA and X-SAMPA.
2. The character ə, an upside-down, backwards, lower-case E

Translations

schwa

• Dutch: sjwa, doffe e
• Esperanto: ŝvao (eo)
• Finnish: švaa (fi)
• French: e muet
• German: Schwa (de) n

• Japanese: シュワー (shuwā)
• Korean: 슈와 (syuwa)
• Polish: szwa (pl) f
• Russian: шва (šva) f
• Spanish: schwa (es) m

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