vowel

a letter of the alphabet that represents a speech sound made with your mouth open and not including any consonants, such as 'a', 'e', 'i', 'o', or 'u'

vocal, vocal (en el alfabeto)

Collocations short vowel · long vowel

• The word 'cat' contains three vowels.

  La palabra 'gato' contiene tres vocales.

a speech sound made with your mouth open and not including any consonants, such as the sounds represented by the letters 'a', 'e', 'i', 'o', or 'u'

vocal (en fonética)

Collocations front vowel · back vowel

• The 'a' in 'father' is a long vowel.

  La 'a' en 'padre' es una vocal larga.