Open-mid front rounded vowel
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| Edit - 2× | Front | N.-front | Central | N.-back | Back |
| Close | |||||
| Near-close | |||||
| Close-mid | |||||
| Mid | |||||
| Open-mid | |||||
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| Open | |||||
Where symbols appear in pairs, the one to the right
represents a rounded vowel.
See also: IPA, Consonantsrepresents a rounded vowel.
| IPA – number | 311 |
| IPA – text | œ |
| IPA – image |  |
| Entity | œ |
| X-SAMPA | 9 |
| Kirshenbaum | W |
| Sound sample | |
|---|---|
The open-mid front rounded vowel is a type of vowel sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is œ, and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is 9. The symbol œ is a ligature of the letters o and e. Note that ɶ, the small capital version of the ligature, is used for the open front rounded vowel.
[edit] Features
- Its vowel height is open-mid, which means the tongue is positioned halfway between an open vowel and a mid vowel.
- Its vowel backness is front, which means the tongue is positioned as far forward as possible in the mouth without creating a constriction that would be classified as a consonant.
- Its vowel roundedness is rounded, which means that the lips are rounded.
[edit] Occurs in
- Azeri: öküz [œˈcyz], "ox"
- Danish and Norwegian: høne [hœːnə], "hen"
- Dutch: deur [dœːr], "door"
- Faroese: løgdu [lœdːʊ], "laid" (pl.)
- Finnish: mökki [mœkki], "cottage"
- French: jeune [ʒœn], "young"
- German: Hölle [ˈhœlə], "hell"
- Icelandic: þö [θœ], "however"
- Swedish: nött [nœtː] , "worn"
- Turkish: gör [ɟœɾ], "see" (imp.)
- Cantonese: soeng2 [sœːŋ] (Jyutping), "to want", "would like to"
