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Definition of schwa noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

schwa

noun
 
/ʃwɑː/
 
/ʃwɑː/
(also shwa)
(phonetics)
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  1. a vowel sound in parts of words that are not stressed, for example the ‘a’ in about or the ‘e’ in moment; the phonetic symbol for this, /ə/Topics Languageb2
    Word Originlate 19th cent.: from German, from Hebrew šěwā'.
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