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What is the only word in the dictionary that does not contain a vowel?
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∙ 13y ago
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.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 13y agoIf Y does not count as a vowel,FLY would be one,BY,SHY and so on.
But that's if Y doesn't count as a vowel.
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This question is a lot of fun. I could offer the word crwth, one of my favorites, but a scholar friend told me that as a Welsh word it really doesn't count as a strictly English word. The crwth (pronounced closer to crowd) is a stringed musical instrument which has some similarity to the guitar.
Fact is, spoken language pre-dates written language. Moreover, the distinction between vowel and consonant isn't always completely clear. One thing is certain: however you spell any standardEnglish word, you cannot speak it without making a vowel sound one way or another.
Say that on a very creative, out-of-the-box kind of day you consider Mmmm to be a word. I think you could argue that it is. Can you speak it without vocalizing it (using your vocal cords)? I bet you can't. I just realized my own un-doing. Shhhh. Don't tell anyone...
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∙ 12y agoThe word 'Why' has no vowels, but some people think that the letter 'Y' is considered to be a vowel.
Sometimes 'Y' is a vowel. But the true word that has no vowel, and its the only one, is
crwth.
Def: Crwth(pronounced /ˈkrʊθ/ or /ˈkruːθ/ and also spelled cruth) is a Welsh musical instrument similar to the violin: There are more words besides that but they are just typos. Such as 'pwn' is a typo for own.
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∙ 12y agoAll English words have at least one vowel. The vowels are a ,e, i, o, u and sometimes y. In some English diphthongs and in many Welsh words, the letter W is a vowel.
Some acronyms (or initialisms such as CNN) may not have vowels, and onomatopoeia words such as psst, shh, and grr have vowel sounds but not actual vowels.
For more, see the related question below.
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∙ 13y agoThere is no word in English without a vowel. The vowels are aeiou and sometimes y and w, which are called semi-vowels. The Welsh word crwth is sometimes cited as an English word having no vowel, but of course the w is a vowel in that word, representing the sound "oo."
The letter 'w' is never a vowel in English (though it is in Welsh). The sound that the written letter represents can be both a vowel and a consonant, but when it occurs as a vowel sound it is always represented by a written vowel, not by a written 'w'.
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∙ 12y agoIn Polish, quite a lot of words have no vowel, in English very few.
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why and rhythm (if you are counting "y" as a non- vowel)
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∙ 13y agoMost people consider "y" as an addition to the vowel list, but if it isn't, there are a couple words like "my" and the longest word without a vowel, "rhythm".
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The largest word without vowel is rhythm etc..
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tell me the word wich doesnt have vowel but has the meaning
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What is the longest word in the English Dictionary that has no vowels and has 2 syllables?
i think it is rhythm :)In the English language, every syllable has to have a vowel, so there is no word without a vowel. Words can have no consonants, but must have vowels. In the word rhythm, the y is a vowel, not a consonant.
