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- '''Schwa'''<ref>[[IPA]] /ʃwɑː/, [[English spellings]] *shwà</ref> is the name li Some languages have more than one schwa. In addition to the English one, [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] has [�1 KB (206 words) - 12:23, 13 November 2015
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- 185 bytes (22 words) - 18:14, 12 September 2009
- ..., list of all the vowel sounds of standard English; scroll down for '''the schwa sound''' Auto-populated based on [[Special:WhatLinksHere/Schwa]]. Needs checking by a human.959 bytes (133 words) - 17:41, 31 January 2013
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- '''Schwa'''<ref>[[IPA]] /ʃwɑː/, [[English spellings]] *shwà</ref> is the name li Some languages have more than one schwa. In addition to the English one, [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] has [�1 KB (206 words) - 12:23, 13 November 2015
- ..., list of all the vowel sounds of standard English; scroll down for '''the schwa sound''' Auto-populated based on [[Special:WhatLinksHere/Schwa]]. Needs checking by a human.959 bytes (133 words) - 17:41, 31 January 2013
- {{r|Schwa}}485 bytes (63 words) - 14:37, 14 September 2011
- {{r|Schwa}}690 bytes (85 words) - 10:00, 8 April 2011
- {{r|Schwa}}800 bytes (104 words) - 14:49, 22 April 2023
- '''vãry''' cf. '''véry''': in the latter, '''é''' not followed by [[schwa]] '''vêhement''': -'''he'''- as schwa: *vìəmənt4 KB (606 words) - 05:29, 20 July 2017
- {{r|Schwa}}849 bytes (118 words) - 16:49, 11 January 2010
- {{r|Schwa}}1 KB (172 words) - 16:19, 11 January 2010
- {{r|Schwa}}1 KB (172 words) - 20:32, 11 January 2010
- {{r|Schwa}}1 KB (185 words) - 16:19, 11 January 2010
- {{r|Schwa}}1 KB (176 words) - 17:30, 11 January 2010
- from [[Welsh]], '''w''' as schwa in '''Ébbw Vâle''' *Ébba: '''Ébbw2 KB (263 words) - 08:08, 1 May 2017
- '''ough''' is even a [[schwa]] ([[International Phonetic Alphabet|IPA]] [ə]) in British English '''bò In the Scottish word '''búrgh''', '''gh''' may be considered a [[schwa]], the word being pronounced much the same as the equivalent '''bòrough'''4 KB (585 words) - 22:40, 8 June 2016
- {{r|Schwa}}2 KB (214 words) - 10:11, 2 February 2023
- {{r|Schwa}}2 KB (273 words) - 14:08, 3 October 2010
- *'''ə''' as 'a' in 'about', or 'e' in 'open' (known as '[[schwa]]') *'''ɐ''' is the 'open' [[schwa]] sound found, for example as final ''a'', in European [[Portuguese]]4 KB (728 words) - 19:44, 25 November 2009
- '''quîet''' ''silent'' two syllables, '''e''' as schwa: *kwîət, cf. '''quîte'''2 KB (342 words) - 21:16, 31 July 2017
- ...ntly expendable when taking notes. It has three pronunciations, [[I|í]], [[schwa]], and a [[glottal stop]], but, also like many letters, it is frequently si ...ten pronounced like '''í''' in '''ís''' (though all of the following are [[schwa]] in Australasian English) in possessive nouns after -'''s''', -'''x''', -'9 KB (1,509 words) - 09:22, 11 February 2016
- ...: it means '''Míddlesbrough''', which doesn’t have the '''ò''' and ends in schwa: *Mídlzbrə: '''Bòro2 KB (387 words) - 12:47, 16 June 2016
- ...ly in '''Sãrah, parîah''' and '''verándah'''—all pronouncing '''ah''' as [[schwa]] (as with '''a''' in '''Sàra, Marìa''' and '''Miránda'''). ...the preceding '''ê''', making the '''í''' a syllable: *vê-í-kle – or as a schwa: *vêəkle, *víəkle. And in names like '''Mêehan''' and '''Côhen''' th9 KB (1,572 words) - 09:23, 18 July 2017
- '''ea''' as [[schwa]]: '''Hámpstead''' '''ea''' as schwa: '''Hémel Hémpstead'''11 KB (1,732 words) - 19:33, 6 July 2017
- mostly schwa -'''ah '''ou''' as schwa: -'''mouth7 KB (1,169 words) - 20:56, 11 May 2017
- ...Pén'''h, '''K'''h'''mér''', the '''h''' is silent, or, in slower speech, [[schwa]], in English.2 KB (377 words) - 10:23, 16 May 2013
- '''Jûliet''' traditionally has a [[schwa]] for the '''e''', *Joôlyət, though nowadays often sounds like a French-s3 KB (474 words) - 16:09, 26 May 2017
- ...toric, rhetórical, rhýthm, rhŷme, rhûbarb, rhápsody, rhêa''' ('''a''' as [[schwa]]: *rìə), '''rheûmatism, rheumátic''', and beware of '''diarrhoêa'''. ...'''dóctor, véctor, fürther, bürsar, Qátar, lêmur, fêmur'''. Exceptions to schwa: '''quâsàr, púlsàr'''.8 KB (1,297 words) - 07:16, 10 April 2014
- ...nd begins with the sound of '''é''' in '''thén''' and then glides into a [[schwa]]—exactly as in '''thére''' (*thãir, *thãre). ...pairs]] differ only in the presence ('''ã''') or absence ('''é''') of the schwa glide: '''vãry''' ''differ'' and '''véry''' ''much'', '''Mãry''' ''name'15 KB (2,623 words) - 12:05, 10 August 2017
- ...an '''ô''' sound that is more like '''ó''' plus '''ù''' than the normal [[schwa]] plus '''ù''': such speakers will tend to distinguish '''Hôlmes''' from A diphthong ending with the sound '''í''' adds a schwa before final '''l''', so that '''ŏil''' rhymes with '''lŏyal''', and '''r6 KB (1,087 words) - 12:21, 4 September 2014
- where unstressed, schwa -'''ar though contemporaries pronounced it ending in schwa: '''[[Edward Elgar|Élgàr]]13 KB (2,002 words) - 18:55, 2 August 2017
- ...t member. When a short vowel is unstressed, it generally surfaces as the [[schwa]] [ə], similar to the vowels beginning and ending the English word ''aroma3 KB (437 words) - 00:44, 26 February 2009
- ...h''' (in which the '''h''' is silent), a diphthong which approximates to [[schwa]] followed by the sound of '''ù'''/'''oò''': '''óver, ônly, bôat, flô The sound is a stressed [[schwa]] in [[American English]] ([[International Phonetic Alphabet|IPA]] [ə]), a14 KB (2,413 words) - 08:50, 11 November 2016
- BrE (which pronunciations are shown below) '''h''' silent, '''a''' as schwa, -əm; AmE -'''hám4 KB (686 words) - 16:33, 4 May 2017
- '''than''' dh-; '''a''' as [[schwa]]: only '''thán''' at dictation speed ...'''á''' sound, but when a conjunction or relative pronoun it normally has schwa, *dhət: '''Î dôn’t thínk that thát was the sâme ván as the òne th14 KB (2,152 words) - 12:25, 24 July 2017
- '''uh''' *ə (the [[schwa]] sound alone), '''úh''' *ú, AmE equivalent to BrE '''ër4 KB (699 words) - 15:49, 1 April 2017
- ..., '''nún''' ''God'' (= '''nòne''' ''negative''). The sound is a stressed [[schwa]] in [[American English]], [[International Phonetic Alphabet|IPA]] [ʌ] in -'''us''' is an ending with the schwa sound, most often in names: '''Màrcus, Dêlius, Míngus, Tåurus, Sagittã9 KB (1,523 words) - 17:07, 15 February 2016
- '''Nadìne''': normally '''a''' as [[schwa]], though [[Chuck Berry]], in his song of that name, pronounces it "Naydìn ...Orleans"); the least local is '''Neŵ Orlêans''', with optional '''a''' as schwa sounded9 KB (1,447 words) - 19:45, 23 June 2017
- ...ith the schwa sound. It is as if the '''c''' itself were being pronounced schwa: '''McGóugh''' (*MəGóff), '''McCúrry, McCŏrmack, McKénzie''' = '''Mac10 KB (1,667 words) - 13:43, 22 March 2016
- ...cket, becòme''', except in Australia and New Zealand, where the sound is [[schwa]]. '''er''' is usually unstressed schwa, with '''r''' sounded in AmE and Scottish English: '''fóster, āfter, wör15 KB (2,383 words) - 14:30, 13 January 2017
- ...sh '''''air''''' is similar, but the Māori vowel does not slide off into [[schwa]].5 KB (773 words) - 05:01, 11 March 2010
- ...t member. When a short vowel is unstressed, it generally surfaces as the [[schwa]] [ə], similar to the vowels beginning and ending the English word ''aroma4 KB (656 words) - 09:43, 30 December 2011
- '''efféct''' ''result'' í- or ə-: when schwa = '''afféct''' ''cause'' '''énmity''', cf. '''énemy''', with added [[schwa]]13 KB (1,982 words) - 15:39, 24 June 2017
- ...êre''' ''wool'', though for many who live there or close, the '''a''' is a schwa, *Kəshmìr5 KB (777 words) - 08:06, 30 August 2017
- Voiced '''th''': '''the'''/'''thê''' ([[schwa]] before a following consonant, '''ê''' before a following vowel), '''thí5 KB (896 words) - 06:40, 18 December 2014
- BrE '''o''' as schwa, AmE -'''môny ...ly before it, -'''ãry''' or -éry, cf. -'''ery'''; BrE '''a''' as AmE or as schwa or silent; see also -'''ory''': -'''ary14 KB (2,212 words) - 12:26, 5 July 2017
- mostly [[schwa]]: -'''a'''6 KB (884 words) - 13:10, 13 May 2017
- ...'''wróng, wríst, wréstle''' (*réssəl) and in '''awrŷ''' (*ərŷ: '''a''' as schwa, not the '''åw''' sound).6 KB (969 words) - 15:22, 23 January 2015
- '''Fåuntleroy''', '''e''' as schwa '''fŏr''' ''preposition'' usually [[schwa]] (in [[British English]], *fə, making a [[minimal pair]] with unstressed11 KB (1,649 words) - 17:27, 17 May 2017
- ...f the indefinite article '''a''' (in normal speech always the weak form, [[schwa]], [ə]), pronounced like the letter's name, *ây, can be heard in self-con *In '''Áscot''', the '''o''' is normally a [[schwa]], but some broadcasters are saying "Áscót".24 KB (3,611 words) - 16:37, 26 May 2017
- ...y''' ''country'' (three syllables, with [[schwa]]) ≈ '''húngry''' (two, no schwa); in both, hard '''g''' sounded13 KB (1,984 words) - 15:58, 7 April 2017
- '''Bâkelîte''' has '''e''' as syllablic [[schwa]]: *Bâykəlite, BrE *Bâkerlîght '''Bêatríce''', '''Bêatrix''', '''a''' as schwa: Bêə-20 KB (3,035 words) - 12:34, 27 July 2017
- '''o'''' ''of'' = '''a''' ''an'', [[schwa]]7 KB (1,129 words) - 21:26, 26 June 2017
- -'''eig'''- as [[schwa]] (*fórrun): '''fóreign''' mostly schwa, as are '''Cámden''', '''Màrsden''', '''Hámpden''' ≈ '''Hámpton''': -14 KB (2,241 words) - 11:22, 25 June 2017
- ...or five vowels, for instance, typically lack central vowels such as the [[schwa]] [ə]. English preserves a three-way distinction as in [i:], [ə] and [u:]9 KB (1,366 words) - 08:10, 4 September 2010
- '''y''' as schwa: -'''yl8 KB (1,232 words) - 20:04, 9 July 2016
- ...that of '''st''' before -'''en''' and -'''le''' (the final vowel is always schwa): '''lísten''' (*líssən), '''fāsten''' (*fāssən), '''whístle''' (*wh8 KB (1,447 words) - 09:55, 8 August 2016
- The final '''i''' in '''Missoûri''' is pronounced as a [[schwa]] by some of its inhabitants (*Mizûry, *Mizûra).8 KB (1,392 words) - 09:48, 13 August 2016
- '''Cânaan''' *Câynən, '''aa''' as schwa '''cávêát''' (or '''a''' as [[schwa]])32 KB (4,846 words) - 14:57, 17 August 2017
- '''a''' ''article'' *ə: [[schwa]] = '''uh'''. It can be a strong form '''â''', like the name of the lette '''ahem''': [[schwa]]s25 KB (3,975 words) - 21:48, 24 May 2017
- ...ellings use typical unambiguous spellings using the normal alphabet plus [[schwa]] (ə). ...is [[British English|BrE]] only: AmE replaces this sound with a stressed [[schwa]], /ə/.42 KB (7,225 words) - 15:50, 28 April 2017
- ...er''', cf. '''Chéster''': both '''e'''s in '''Mánchester''' are normally [[schwa|weak]]: *Mánchəstər, though some football pundits say "Mán Chéster" '''márathon''' AmE '''ó'''; BrE '''o''' as [[schwa]]21 KB (3,209 words) - 08:09, 5 September 2017
- suffix forming abstract nouns, '''e''' as í or [[schwa]]: -'''ness11 KB (1,818 words) - 18:29, 13 April 2017
- ...ears like '''Mãry'''; the '''e''' in '''véry''' can sound like a stressed schwa. ...''Lóndondérry'''. A similar example is '''Rôsemary''', pronounced with a [[schwa]] '''a''' in BrE, but as if two words, '''Rôse Mãry''', in American. In t61 KB (9,656 words) - 09:17, 2 March 2024
- cf. '''Kíngston''', both have '''o''' as [[schwa]]: '''Mâidstone '''o''' as schwa in best [[Australia|Aus]] pronunciation: '''Mélbourne36 KB (5,897 words) - 19:42, 22 August 2017
- AmE all stressed on medial '''û''': -'''ûplet'''; BrE medial '''u''' as [[schwa]]: '''qùadruplet, quíntuplet, séxtuplet, séptuplet, óctuplet14 KB (2,330 words) - 16:31, 18 April 2017
- '''Rôsemãry''' AmE; BrE '''a''' as schwa, cf. '''Mãry''', = '''rôsemary''' ''shrub15 KB (2,228 words) - 14:59, 28 May 2017
- '''síbyllîne''' - '''y''' as schwa '''sïr''' - but '''Sir''' before a man’s name is not stressed and has the schwa sound: *Sə(r) '''Jóhn Fålstaff28 KB (4,274 words) - 09:25, 18 July 2017
- '''Lígeti''': hard '''g''', [[schwa]]16 KB (2,462 words) - 13:05, 5 July 2017
- '''dóssièr''' silent French '''r'''; or '''e''' regularised to schwa: *dóssiər16 KB (2,467 words) - 14:34, 26 July 2017
- ...əss (with 'ə', a special character – the only one used – for [[schwa]]); or we can contrast [[British English]] *dizàstrus with [[American Engl ...teaching pronunciation. Words without accents are monosyllables with the [[schwa]] sound, a neutral grunt.29 KB (5,292 words) - 18:48, 13 April 2017
- '''págeant''': '''ea''' as schwa, *pádjənt21 KB (3,201 words) - 10:25, 21 December 2020
- * [[Schwa]]25 KB (3,600 words) - 14:27, 31 March 2024
- In addition the [[schwa]] {{IPA|/ə/}} may appear in certain dialects or [[loanword]]s.34 KB (4,761 words) - 02:55, 8 October 2013
- ...ord begins with a vowel. When vocalised, most scholars pronounce it as a [[schwa]]. Apart from the irregular spelling, much of the vocabulary is recognisab34 KB (5,597 words) - 07:32, 20 April 2024