schwa
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
German Schwa, from Hebrew שְׁוָא (š’vā), meaning "nought".
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
schwa (plural schwas)
- An indeterminate central vowel sound as the "a" in "about", represented as /ə/ in IPA and /@/ in SAMPA and X-SAMPA.
- The character ə, an upside-down, backwards, lower-case E
Translations [edit]
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