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Italian
Etymology
Adaptation of schwa, from German Schwa or English schwa, from Hebrew שווא / שְׁוָא (sh'va ,š’vā, “nought”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): */ʃeˈva/*
- Rhymes: -a
- Hyphenation: sce‧và
Noun
scevà m or f (invariable)
- shva (Hebrew nikud vowel sign)
- (phonetics) schwa (mid-central vowel)
Further reading
- scevà in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana