vowel harmony

noun

A phonological process in some languages that sets constraints on which vowels may be found near each other or within a word, such as back vowels or front vowels; sometimes resulting in variant affixes, clitics or similar variations.

“Vowel harmony is an important aspect of Mongolian.”

Similar
harmony of vowels
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Meanings

nounvowel harmony (usually uncountable, plural vowel harmonies)

plural vowel harmonies

  1. uncountableusuallyhuman sciencesA phonological process in some languages that sets constraints on which vowels may be found near each other or within a word, such as back vowels or front vowels; sometimes resulting in variant affixes, clitics or similar variations.

    Vowel harmony is an important aspect of Mongolian.

    Synonyms: harmony of vowels

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA phonological process in some languages that sets constraints on which vowels may be found near each other or within a word, such as back vowels or front vowels; sometimes resulting in variant affixes, clitics or similar variations.

Similar
harmony of vowels
Also see
harmony of vowels

Translations

Arabic اِنْسِجَام مُصَوَّتٍ, تَوَافُق صَوْتِيّ
  • اِنْسِجَام مُصَوَّتٍ (insijām muṣawwatin)phonological process
  • تَوَافُق صَوْتِيّ (tawāfuq ṣawtiyy)phonological process
Catalan harmonia vocàlica
  • harmonia vocàlicaphonological process
Chinese Mandarin 元音和諧律 /元音和谐律, 元音調和 /元音调和
  • 元音和諧律 /元音和谐律 (yuányīn héxiélǜ)phonological process
  • 元音調和 /元音调和 (yuányīn tiáohé)phonological process
Czech vokálová harmonie, samohlásková harmonie
  • vokálová harmoniephonological process
  • samohlásková harmoniephonological process
  • harmonie samohlásekphonological process
Danish vokalharmoni
  • vokalharmoniphonological process
Dutch klinkerharmonie, vocaalharmonie
  • klinkerharmoniephonological process
  • vocaalharmoniephonological process
Esperanto vokala harmonio
  • vokala harmoniophonological process
Estonian vokaalharmoonia
  • vokaalharmooniaphonological process
Finnish vokaalisointu, vokaaliharmonia
  • vokaalisointuphonological process
  • vokaaliharmoniaphonological process
French harmonie vocalique
  • harmonie vocaliquephonological process
German Vokalharmonie, Synharmonismus
  • Vokalharmoniephonological process
  • Synharmonismusphonological process
Greek φωνηεντική αρμονία
  • φωνηεντική αρμονία (fonientikí armonía)phonological process
Hindi स्वर सहयोग
  • स्वर सहयोग (svar sahyog)phonological process
Hungarian magánhangzó-harmónia, magánhangzó-harmónia szerinti illeszkedés
  • magánhangzó-harmóniaphonological process
  • magánhangzó-harmónia szerinti illeszkedésphonological process
  • hangrendi illeszkedésphonological process
Italian armonia vocalica, armonia velare
  • armonia vocalicaphonological process
  • armonia velarephonological process
Japanese 母音調和
  • 母音調和 (boin-chōwa)phonological process
Korean 모음조화, 홀소리어울림
  • 모음조화 (mo'eumjohwa)phonological process
  • 홀소리어울림 (holsorieoullim)phonological process
Latvian patskaņu harmonija
  • patskaņu harmonijaphonological process
Lithuanian balsių harmonija
  • balsių harmonijaphonological process
Norwegian Bokmål vokalharmoni
  • vokalharmoniphonological process
Persian هماهنگی واکهای
  • هماهنگی واکهای (hamâhangi vâke-i)phonological process
Polish harmonia samogłosek
  • harmonia samogłosekphonological process
Portuguese harmonia vocálica
  • harmonia vocálicaphonological process
Romanian armonie vocalică
  • armonie vocalicăphonological process
Russian сингармони́зм, гармония гласных
  • сингармони́зм (singarmonízm)phonological process
  • гармония гласных (garmonija glasnyx)phonological process
Spanish armonía vocálica, sinarmonía vocálica
  • armonía vocálicaphonological process
  • sinarmonía vocálicaphonological process
Swedish vokalharmoni
  • vokalharmoniphonological process
Tamil உயிரொலி இயைபு
  • உயிரொலி இயைபு (uyiroli iyaipu)phonological process
Turkish ünlü uyumu, sesli uyumu
  • ünlü uyumuphonological process
  • sesli uyumuphonological process
  • ünlü benzeşmesiphonological process
  • ahenk kaidesiphonological process
Ukrainian сингармоні́зм, гармо́нія го́лосних
  • сингармоні́зм (synharmonízm)phonological process
  • гармо́нія го́лосних (harmónija hólosnyx)phonological process
Vietnamese hài hòa nguyên âm
  • hài hòa nguyên âmphonological process
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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