vokalo

See also: vokālo

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from German Vokal, Yiddish וואָקאַל (vokal), and Italian vocale, all from Latin vōcālis (“sonorous, vocal, melodic”). Compare French voyelle, Spanish vocal, Portuguese vogal, Romanian vocală, as well as English vocal.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /voˈkalo/
  • Rhymes: -alo
  • Hyphenation: vo‧ka‧lo

Noun

vokalo (accusative singular vokalon, plural vokaloj, accusative plural vokalojn)

  1. vowel
    La Esperanta vorto "kvinoo" havas du apartajn vortfinajn vokalojn.
    The Esperanto word "kvinoo" has two separate word-final vowels.

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