shwa
noun/ʃwɑː/
/ʃwɑː/
(also schwa)
(phonetics)- a vowel sound in parts of words that are not stressed, for example the ‘a’ in about or the ‘e’ in moment; the phonetic symbol for this, /ə/Topics Languageb2
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