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   vowel

   /ˈvaʊəl/

   noun

   • 1. a speech sound which is produced by comparatively open configuration of the vocal tract, with vibration of the vocal cords but without audible friction, and which is a unit of the sound system of a language that forms the nucleus of a syllable. "the four middle syllables have the same vowel"
   • ▪ a letter representing a vowel sound, such as a, e, i, o, u: "the Old Testament was written in Hebrew without vowels"

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French vouel, from Latin vocalis (littera) ‘vocal (letter)’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. vowelless adjective
   • 2. vowelly adjective

   Scrabble Points: 11

   • V

     4

   • O

     1

   • W

     4

   • E

     1

   • L

     1

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