reduced vowel

noun

a vowel that occurs only, or at least disproportionately often, in unstressed syllables in a given language; usually one that is intermediate in both height and frontness/backness

“The schwa is a typical reduced vowel, though it can also be a full vowel in some languages.”

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Meanings

nounreduced vowel (plural reduced vowels)

plural reduced vowels

  1. human sciencesa vowel that occurs only, or at least disproportionately often, in unstressed syllables in a given language; usually one that is intermediate in both height and frontness/backness

    The schwa is a typical reduced vowel, though it can also be a full vowel in some languages.

Translations

German Reduktionsvokal, Murmelvokal
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  • MurmelvokalTranslations
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APA

reduced vowel. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reduced%20vowel

MLA

“reduced vowel.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reduced%20vowel. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “reduced vowel,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reduced%20vowel.

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