Open-mid front rounded vowel

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IPA – number	311
IPA – text	œ
IPA – image	Image:Xsampa-9.png
Entity	œ
X-SAMPA	9
Kirshenbaum	W
Sound sample (help·info)

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.

[edit] 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.

[edit] Occurrence

Language	Word	IPA	Meaning	Notes
Auvergnat	pueissa	[ˈpœjsa]	'then'	Southern dialect
Azeri	öküz	[œˈcyz]	'ox'
Cantonese	想/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
Hungarian	könny	[kœɲː]	'tear'	See Hungarian phonology
Icelandic	þö	[θœ]	'however'
Norwegian	øl	[œl]	'beer'	See Norwegian phonology
Swedish	nött	[nœtː] (help·info)	'worn' (past part. s.)	See Swedish phonology
Turkish	gör	[gœɾ]	'see' (imp.)
Western Lombard	fioeu	[fjœː]	'son'	Old Milanese; now allophone of ø

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