schwa
noun
- vowel sound as in the first syllable of "about"
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ʃwɑ/ / /ʃwə/ / /ʃwʌ/
noun
- Alternative form of shva.
verb
Etymology: Borrowed from German Schwa, from Hebrew שווא / שְׁוָא (shva, šəwā, “(mark indicating reduction or absence of a vowel)”), borrowed from Classical Syriac ܫ̈ܘܰܝܳܐ (š'wayyā, literally “even, equal”), in Syriac a term for a sign consisting of two vertical dots used to separate parts of a sentence. Doublet of shva.
- To be reduced to schwa.