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Meaning of
schwa
in English
schwa
us
/skwə/
uk
/skwə/
#uncommon
Definitions
Noun
the
ə
character
The
phonetic
symbol
for
schwa
is
ə.
a
neutral
vowel
sound
(/ə/)
in
speech
;
central
and
indeterminate
In
English
pronunciation
,
the
word
"
about
"
contains
a
schwa
sound
.
Verb
to
reduce
a
vowel
sound
(
to
/ə/)
The
vowel
sound
in
the
word
"
comma
"
is
often
schwaed
in
rapid
speech
.
