front vowel

English

Noun

front vowel (plural front vowels)

1. (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 (de) m, vorderer Vokal m
• Greek: μπροστινό φωνήεν n (brostinó foníen)
• Hungarian: magas hangrendű, elöl képzett, palatális, or rarely elülső magánhangzó
• 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