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Yes there is at least one vowel in every single English word.
This is correct as words such as : hymn, rhythm, myth, sylph, and syzygy (the alignment of three celestial objects), do not contain any of the vowels a e i o u. However, y is know a vowel because of this and know because y is know a vowel, every English word has at least one vowel in it
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 12y agoAlmost every word has a vowel or a vowel sound, in order to be spoken. These vowels include A, E, I, O, U, Y, and W (in words from Welsh).
There are some words that do not have vowels. These incude:
- Interjections (onomatopoeia), such as brr, hmm, mmm, psst, shh, tsk, and zzz.
- The numerical term "nth" (an unspecified ordinal)
- The slang word "pwn" (meaning and sometimes pronounced as "own," or as "pone," and referring to a position of dominance, control, or humiliation). The missing vowel is still pronounced in either case.
- Acronyms and initialisms, such as DMV or BRB
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∙ 14y agoYes, it can. Here is a list of some I can think of.
1 Boo
2 cuckoo
3 mood
4 hood
5 too
6 cool
7 achoo
8 moo
9 tool
10 shoot
11 toot
12 moat
13 boat
Of course, although two or more vowels can be next to each other in English words, they cannot actually be in the same places as each other!
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∙ 12y agoNo, English words don't all need vowels. Many words include the letter 'y' as a vowel sound, as in 'fry', 'rhythm', 'hymn', and so on.
Words with no vowels or the letter 'y' are rarer, and are frequently onomatopoeic words - words which describe a sound, such as 'psst' and 'hmm'.
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∙ 15y agosure there are But there are only two they are i and a
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∙ 12y agoin fact there is only one word and that is rhythm. The y is not a vowel in this case because in order for a y to be a vowel it has to have a vowel BEFORE it.
(examples:lay, play,etc.)
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How do you pronounce laus deo?
More or less like the English words "louse DAY-oh", with no diphthong on the "ay" vowel.
What is the vowel sound in the word more?
The vowel sound is an "or" which is a long O in US English and a caret O (aw) in British English.
What is the longest English-word without a vowel?
Rhythms is the longest word in the English language that doesn't contain one of the recognised vowels, i.e. AEIOU
How many vowel sounds are there in spoken english?
There are 19 vowel sounds in spoken English. But there may be fewer or more depending on dialect. (see the related question)
Which words have the same vowel as tool?
fool. pool. and more
Are there any words without a vowel?
Other than interjections such as "Ooo!" and "Aieee!" (OED variant of aiyee), there are almost no English words consisting of vowels, or having only vowel sounds.There are the one-letter words I and a, but the others listed as Scrabble words are not everyday English:AA - AE - AI - AIA -EA - EAU - EE - EUOI - EUOUAE -IO - OE - OI - OO - OUOf these, only eau, from French, seems familiar. The term euoi is ostensibly a cry from a Bacchian revelry and euouae is a mnemonic of the vowels in seculorum amen (last two words of a Gregorian chant in Latin).
Why are there Vowel sounds in the alphabet?
Vowel sounds connect and express the more numerous consonant sounds (which are the more specially shaped sounds) to create words. Vowel sounds are the oldest language sounds.
How many vowels letters are there in the long vowel words?
2 or more
Is it true The Great Vowel Shift made English spellings more complicated?
True.
How many English words are there?
There are more than 100,000,000 English words.
What happens to words with more than two syllables?
In terms of pronunciation, the vowel sounds of unstressed syllables of words with 3 or more syllables (even many 2-syllable words) will very often revert to the sound described as 'schwa', which is the neutral vowel sound, somewhat resembling 'uh' or 'ah'. Take the word indefinite. The syllables in the '-finite' part really have neutral vowel sounds, very much unlike the word finite, where the vowel sounds are like 'eye'. This is yet another thing that makes learning English a terror for those who speak languages with very regular pronunciation of vowels.
What is the only word in the dictionary that does not contain a vowel?
There is no word in English without a vowel. Most people know that that w and y are sometimes vowels, but some persist in believing otherwise. Utterances such as pfft or grr may be found in some dictionaries, but they are not words.
