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Word: Schwa
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late 19th century: from German, from Hebrew šěwā'
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ʃwɑː
Dialects: British English
Definition:
the unstressed central vowel (as in a moment ago), represented by the symbol /ə/ in the International Phonetic Alphabet.
Short Definition:unstressed central vowel, represented by symbol ə
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