Phrase guide

vowel harmony

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A phonological process in some languages that sets constraints on which vowels may be found near each other or within a word, such as back vowels or front vowels; sometimes resulting in variant affixes, clitics or similar variations.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, phonology, sciences

Examples

  • Vowel harmony is an important aspect of Mongolian.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: harmony of vowels

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

78 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: اِنْسِجَام مُصَوَّتٍ (insijām muṣawwatin) — phonological process
  • Arabic: تَوَافُق صَوْتِيّ (tawāfuq ṣawtiyy) — phonological process
  • Armenian: ձայնավորների ներդաշնակություն (jaynavorneri nerdašnakutʻyun) — phonological process
  • Azerbaijani: ahəng qanunu — phonological process
  • Belarusian: гармо́нія гало́сных (harmónija halósnyx) — phonological process
  • Belarusian: сінгармані́зм (sinharmanízm) — phonological process
  • Breton: hesonerezh vogalennek — phonological process
  • Catalan: harmonia vocàlica — phonological process
  • Chinese Mandarin: 元音和諧律 /元音和谐律 (yuányīn héxiélǜ) — phonological process
  • Chinese Mandarin: 元音調和 /元音调和 (yuányīn tiáohé) — phonological process
  • Chuvash: сингармонизм (singarmonizm) — phonological process
  • Czech: vokálová harmonie — phonological process
  • Czech: samohlásková harmonie — phonological process
  • Czech: harmonie samohlásek — phonological process
  • Danish: vokalharmoni — phonological process
  • Dutch: klinkerharmonie — phonological process
  • Dutch: vocaalharmonie — phonological process
  • Esperanto: vokala harmonio — phonological process
  • Estonian: vokaalharmoonia — phonological process
  • Finnish: vokaalisointu — phonological process
  • Finnish: vokaaliharmonia — phonological process
  • French: harmonie vocalique — phonological process
  • West-Frisian: lûdsharmony — phonological process
  • Georgian: ხმოვანთა ჰარმონია (xmovanta harmonia) — phonological process
  • Georgian: სინჰარმონიზმი (sinharmonizmi) — phonological process
  • German: Vokalharmonie — phonological process
  • German: Synharmonismus — phonological process
  • Greek: φωνηεντική αρμονία (fonientikí armonía) — phonological process
  • Hindi: स्वर सहयोग (svar sahyog) — phonological process
  • Hungarian: magánhangzó-harmónia — phonological process
  • Hungarian: magánhangzó-harmónia szerinti illeszkedés — phonological process
  • Hungarian: hangrendi illeszkedés — phonological process
  • Ingrian: vokalagarmonia — phonological process
  • Italian: armonia vocalica — phonological process
  • Italian: armonia velare — phonological process
  • Japanese: 母音調和 (boin-chōwa) — phonological process
  • Kazakh: дауыстылар үндестігі (dauystylar ündestıgı) — phonological process
  • Korean: 모음조화 (mo'eumjohwa) — phonological process
  • Korean: 홀소리어울림 (holsorieoullim) — phonological process
  • Northern Kurdish: ahenga dengdêran — phonological process
  • Latvian: patskaņu harmonija — phonological process
  • Limburgish: vocaolhermenie — phonological process
  • Lithuanian: balsių harmonija — phonological process
  • Macedonian: самогласна хармонија (samoglasna harmonija) — phonological process
  • Mongolian: эгшиг зохицох ёс (egšig zoxicox jos) — phonological process
  • Nepali: स्वरसंगति (svarasaṅgati) — phonological process
  • Norwegian Bokmål: vokalharmoni — phonological process
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: vokalharmoni — phonological process
  • Persian: هماهنگی واکهای (hamâhangi vâke-i) — phonological process
  • Polish: harmonia samogłosek — phonological process
  • Portuguese: harmonia vocálica — phonological process
  • Romanian: armonie vocalică — phonological process
  • Russian: сингармони́зм (singarmonízm) — phonological process
  • Russian: гармония гласных (garmonija glasnyx) — phonological process
  • Scots: vouel harmony — phonological process
  • Lower Sorbian: wokalna harmonija — phonological process
  • Upper Sorbian: wokalna harmonija — phonological process
  • Spanish: armonía vocálica — phonological process
  • Spanish: sinarmonía vocálica — phonological process
  • Swedish: vokalharmoni — phonological process
  • Tamil: உயிரொலி இயைபு (uyiroli iyaipu) — phonological process
  • Tatar: сингармони́зм (sinğarmonízm) — phonological process
  • Turkish: ünlü uyumu — phonological process
  • Turkish: sesli uyumu — phonological process
  • Turkish: ünlü benzeşmesi — phonological process
  • Turkish: ahenk kaidesi — phonological process
  • Turkmen: singarmonizm — phonological process
  • Turkmen: çekimlileriň sazlaşygy — phonological process
  • Tuvan: ажык үннерниң аяннажыры (ajık ünnerniñ ayannajırı) — phonological process
  • Tuvan: сингармонизм (singarmonizm) — phonological process
  • Ukrainian: сингармоні́зм (synharmonízm) — phonological process
  • Ukrainian: гармо́нія го́лосних (harmónija hólosnyx) — phonological process
  • Uzbek: singarmonizm — phonological process
  • Vietnamese: hài hòa nguyên âm — phonological process
  • Võro: vabahelle kokkokõla — phonological process
  • Võro: vabahelükokkokõla — phonological process
  • Võro: vokaalharmoonia — phonological process
  • Yoruba: àǹkóò fáwẹ̀lì — phonological process