Definition of "schwa"
- noun
An indeterminate central vowel sound as the "a" in "about", represented as /ə/ in IPA and /@/ in SAMPA and X-SAMPA.
The character ə, an upside-down, backwards, lower-case E.
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An indeterminate central vowel sound as the "a" in "about", represented as /ə/ in IPA and /@/ in SAMPA and X-SAMPA.
The character ə, an upside-down, backwards, lower-case E.