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Open-mid front rounded vowel
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See also: IPA, Consonants
| Edit - 2× | Front | Near-front | Central | Near-back | Back |
| Close | |||||
| Near‑close | |||||
| Close‑mid | |||||
| Mid | |||||
| Open‑mid | |||||
| Near‑open | |||||
| Open | |||||
Where symbols appear in pairs, the one to the right
represents a rounded vowel.
represents a rounded vowel.
| IPA – number | 311 |
| IPA – text | œ |
| IPA – image |  |
| Entity | œ |
| X-SAMPA | 9 |
| Kirshenbaum | W |
| Sound sample | |
|---|---|
The open-mid front rounded vowel is a type of vowel sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is œ, and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is 9. The symbol œ is a ligature of the letters o and e. Note that ɶ, a small version of the capital Œ ligature, is used for the open front rounded vowel.
- Its vowel height is open-mid, which means the tongue is positioned halfway between an open vowel and a mid vowel.
- Its vowel backness is front, which means the tongue is positioned as far forward as possible in the mouth without creating a constriction that would be classified as a consonant.
- Its vowel roundedness is rounded, which means that the lips are rounded.
| Language | Word | IPA | Meaning | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auvergnat | pueissa | [ˈpœjsa] | 'then' | Southern dialect |
| Azeri | öküz | [œˈcyz] | 'ox' | |
| Cantonese | soeng2 | [sœːŋ] | 'to want' | See Standard Cantonese |
| Danish | høne | [hœːnə] | 'hen' | See Danish phonology |
| Faroese | løgdu | [lœdːʊ] | 'laid' (pl.) | |
| Finnish | mökki | [mœkki] | 'cottage' | See Finnish phonology |
| French | jeune | [ʒœn] | 'young' | See French phonology |
| German | Hölle | [ˈhœlə] | 'hell' | See German phonology |
| Icelandic | þö | [θœ] | 'however' | |
| Norwegian | dø | [dœː] | 'die' | See Norwegian phonology |
| Swedish | nött | [nœtː] | 'worn' | See Swedish phonology |
| Turkish | gör | [gœɾ] | 'see' (imp.) | |
| Western Lombard | cöör | [kœr] | 'heart' |