Definition of Murmur vowel

1. Noun. A schwa that is incidental to the pronunciation of a consonant.

Exact synonyms: Murmur
Generic synonyms: Schwa, Shwa

Lexicographical Neighbors of Murmur Vowel

murl
murlain
murlains
murlan
murlans
murled
murlier
murliest
murlin
murling
murlins
murls
murly
murmanite
murmur
murmur vowel (current term)
murmuration
murmurations
murmured
murmurer
murmurers
murmuring
murmuringly
murmurings
murmurous
murmurously
murmurs
murnival
murnivals
murolene

Literary usage of Murmur vowel

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Growth of English: An Elementary Account of the Present Form of Our by Henry Cecil Kennedy Wyld (1907)
"The result is that instead of 'long i,' followed by the murmur vowel, we get simply a ... 35 (d) above) tends in the same direction before the murmur vowel. ..."

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