Open-mid front rounded vowel
| Edit - 2× | Front | N.-front | Central | N.-back | Back |
| Close | |||||
| Near-close | |||||
| Close-mid | |||||
| Mid | |||||
| Open-mid | |||||
| Near-open | |||||
| Open | |||||
Where symbols appear in pairs, the one to the right
represents a rounded vowel.
represents a rounded vowel.
| IPA – number | 311 |
| IPA – text | œ |
| IPA – image | Image:Xsampa-9.png |
| 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.
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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.
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Occurs in
- Danish and Norwegian: høne [hœːnə], 'hen'
- French: jeune [ʒœn], 'young'
- German: Hölle [ˈhœlə], 'hell'
- Swedish: nött Image:Loudspeaker.png [nœtː], 'worn'de:Gerundeter halboffener Vorderzungenvokal