Open-mid front rounded vowel

Vowels

See also: IPA, Consonants

Front

Near-front

Central

Near-back

Back

Close

i • y

ɨ • ʉ

ɯ • u

ɪ • ʏ

• ʊ

e • ø

ɘ • ɵ

ɤ • o

ɛ • œ

ɜ • ɞ

ʌ • ɔ

a • ɶ

ɑ • ɒ

Near‑close

Close‑mid

Mid

Open‑mid

Near‑open

Open

Where symbols appear in pairs, the one to the right
represents a 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 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.

Language		Word	IPA	Meaning	Notes
Azeri		öküz	[œˈcyz]	'ox'
Chinese	Cantonese	想/soeng2	[sœːŋ˩˧]	'to want'	See Standard Cantonese
Danish		høne	[hœːnə]	'hen'	See Danish phonology
Faroese		løgdu	[lœdːʊ]	'laid' (pl.)
French^[1]		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
Occitan	Auvergnat	puei (puèi)	[ˈpœj]	'then'	Some dialects, especially the northern ones
Occitan	Limousin	puei (puèi)	[ˈpœj]	'then'
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