Schwa

Pronunciation

• enPR: shwä, IPA: /ʃwɑː/

Origin

German Schwa, from Hebrew שְׁוָא (š’vā), meaning "nought".

Full definition of schwa

Noun

1. An indeterminate central vowel sound as the "a" in "about", represented as /É™/ in IPA and /@/ in SAMPA and X-SAMPA.
2. The character É™, an upside-down, backwards, lower-case E

Synonyms

• (indeterminate central vowel) natural vowel, neutral vowel

Anagrams

• chaws