Open-mid front rounded vowel
| Vowels | |||||
| front | near-front | central | near-back | back | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| close | i • y | ɨ • ʉ | ɯ • u | ||
| near-close | ɪ • ʏ | ʊ | |||
| close-mid | e • ø | ɘ • ɵ | ɤ • o | ||
| mid | ə | ||||
| open-mid | ɛ • œ | ɜ • ɞ | ʌ • ɔ | ||
| near-open | æ | ɐ | |||
| open | a • ɶ | ɑ • ɒ | |||
| Table of vowels - List of vowels | |||||
| IPA – text | œ |
| IPA – image | Missing image Xsampa-9.png Image:Xsampa-9.png |
| entity | œ |
| X-SAMPA | 9 |
| Kirshenbaum | W |
| Missing image Loudspeaker.png Sound Sound sample? | |
|---|---|
The open-mid front unrounded 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.
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.
Occurs in
- Danish and Norwegian: høne [hœːnə], 'hen'
- French: jeune [ʒœn], 'young'
- German: Hölle [ˈhœlə], 'hell'
- Swedish: nött Missing image
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Sound
[nœt:], 'worn'