Open-mid front rounded vowel

Open-mid front rounded vowel
œ
IPA Number311
Audio sample
Encoding
Entity (decimal)œ
Unicode (hex)U+0153
X-SAMPA9
Braille⠪ (braille pattern dots-246)
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The open-mid front rounded vowel, or low-mid front rounded vowel,[1] is a type of vowel sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents the sound is œ. The symbol œ is a lowercase ligature of the letters o and e. The letter ɶ, a small capital version of the Œ ligature, is used for a different vowel sound: the open front rounded vowel.

  1. ^ While the International Phonetic Association prefers the terms "close" and "open" for vowel height, many linguists use "high" and "low".

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