schwa

Domain: Universal Words

Part of speech: noun

(phonetics) a vowel sound in parts of words that are not stressed, for example the 'a' in about or the 'e' in moment; the PHONETIC symbol for this,

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This is a English–English dictionary entry.

Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.

This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.

Same word in other sources

schwaEnglish›ChineseMain Dictionary schwaEnglish›ChineseGetWord Corpus

Nearby in the dictionary

schoolgirl schoolhouse schooling schoolkid school-leaver school-marm schoolmaster schoolmate school run schoolteacher schooner

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Is schwa a noun, verb, or something else?

In this entry, schwa is tagged as noun.

Does schwa appear elsewhere on Lughet?

Yes — schwa appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.

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