schwa /ʃwɑː/
noun [countable] technical[
Date: 1800-1900;
Language: German;
Origin: Hebrew shewa]
1. a vowel typically heard in parts of a word that are spoken without
stress1(4), such as the ‘a’ in ‘about’
2. the sign (ə), used to represent the vowel schwa
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