Open-mid front rounded vowel

Open-mid front rounded vowel
Open-mid front rounded vowel
œ
IPA number 311
Encoding
Entity (decimal) œ
Unicode (hex) U+0153
X-SAMPA 9
Kirshenbaum W
Sound

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The open-mid front rounded vowel, or low-mid front rounded 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. The symbol œ is a lowercase ligature of the letters o and e. Note that ɶ, a small caps version of the Œ ligature, is used for a distinct vowel sound: the open front rounded vowel.

The IPA prefers terms "close" and "open" for vowels, and the name of the article follows this. However, a large number of linguists, perhaps a majority, prefer the terms "high" and "low", and these are the only terms found in introductory textbooks on phonetics such as those by Peter Ladefoged.

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Features

IPA vowel chart
Front Near-​front Central Near-​back Back
Close
Blank vowel trapezoid.svg
iy
ɨʉ
ɯu
ɪʏ
ʊ
eø
ɘɵ
ɤo
ɛœ
ɜɞ
ʌɔ
æ
aɶ
ä
ɑɒ
Near-close
Close-mid
Mid
Open-mid
Near-open
Open
Paired vowels are: unrounded • rounded
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  • Its vowel height is open-mid, also known as low-mid, which means the tongue is positioned halfway between an open vowel (a low 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 compressed, which means that the margins of the lips are tense and drawn together in such a way that the inner surfaces are not exposed.

Occurrence

Language Word IPA Meaning Notes
Azeri öküz [œˈcyz] 'ox'
Chinese Cantonese /hoe1 [hœː˥] 'boots' See Cantonese phonology
Mandarin /y [ɥœ˥˩] 'moon' See Mandarin phonology
Wu [ɰœ˩˧] 'bowl'
Danish høne [hœːnə] 'hen' See Danish phonology
Faroese løgdu [lœdːʊ] 'laid' (pl.)
French[1] jeune [ʒœn] 'young' See French phonology
German Hölle [ˈhœlə] 'hell' See German phonology
Lori shö [ʃœ] 'night'
Icelandic þö [θœ] 'however'
North Frisian blömk [blœmk] 'flower'
Norwegian øl [œl] 'beer' See Norwegian phonology
Occitan Auvergnat puei [ˈpœj] 'then' Some dialects, especially the northern ones
Limousin
Swedish nött About this sound [nœtː] 'worn' (past part. s.) See Swedish phonology
West Frisian put [pœt] 'well'
Western Lombard fioeu [fjœː] 'son' Old Milanese; now an allophone of /ø/

References

Bibliography

  • Fougeron, Cecile; Smith, Caroline L (1993), "Illustrations of the IPA:French", Journal of the International Phonetic Association 23 (2): 73–76 

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