OPEN-MID FRONT ROUNDED VOWEL

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 , and the equivalent X-SAMPA symbol is 9. The symbol œ is a ligature of the letters o and e. Note that , a small version of the capital Œ ligature, is used for the open front rounded vowel.

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Features

Occurrence

Features

★ 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.

Occurrence

Language	Word	IPA	Meaning	Notes
Auvergnat	''p'ue'issa''		'then'	Southern dialect
Azeri	'''ö'küz''		'ox'
Cantonese	?/''s'oe'ng2''		'to want'	See Standard Cantonese
Danish	''h'ø'ne''		'hen'	See Danish phonology
Faroese	''l'ø'gdu''		'laid' (pl.)
Finnish	''m'ö'kki''		'cottage'	See Finnish phonology
French	''j'eu'ne''		'young'	See French phonology
German	''H'ö'lle''		'hell'	See German phonology
Hungarian	''K'ö'nny''		'tear'	See Hungarian phonology
Icelandic	''þ'ö'''		'however'
Lombard (Western)	''c'öö'r''		'heart'
Norwegian	''d'ø'''		'die'	See Norwegian phonology
Swedish	''n'ö'tt''		'worn' (past part. s.)	See Swedish phonology
Turkish	''g'ö'r''		'see' (imp.)