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| Open-mid front rounded vowel | |||
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| œ | |||
| IPA number | 311 | ||
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| Entity (decimal) | œ | ||
| Unicode (hex) | U+0153 | ||
| X-SAMPA | 9 | ||
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The open-mid front rounded vowel, or low-mid front rounded vowel,[1] is a type of vowel sound, used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents the sound is ⟨œ⟩. The symbol œ is a lowercase ligature of the letters o and e. The letter ⟨ɶ⟩, a small capital version of the ⟨Œ⟩ ligature, is used for a different vowel sound: the open front rounded vowel.
- ^ While the International Phonetic Association prefers the terms "close" and "open" for vowel height, many linguists use "high" and "low".