Is there any word in the English dictionary that has no vowels?

Answer 1

There are none. Y is a vowel.

Answer 2

Yes, but NOT words with the letter "Y" in them.

In a word like "rhythm" or "sky" Y is functioning as a vowel. The only reason I can find that some folks insist Y is not a vowel is that they were taught in grade school "the vowels are a, e, i, o and u". Maybe teachers said that because only these five are *always* used for vowels (unless they are silent?!). But it's not an accurate list. Fortunately, were taught more accurately "a, e, i, o, u, sometimes y and sometimes w".

In fact, Y is much more often used to mark a vowel sound than a consonant sound. At one time it marked ONLY vowels. (Y can be traced back to the Greek vowel "upsilon".) It works this way -- at the BEGINNING of a syllable Y is used for a consonant ("yes"); in the middle or end it is a vowel, usually equivalent to an e or i sound. If it helps, note pairs like "sky/skies" where, when something is added after the y, the y is replaced by the vowel i.

The letter W is similar in that it is a consonant only at the beginning of syllables. Elsewhere it is used for a vowel. In English this only happens in combination with other vowels -- in the "diphtongs" aw, ew, ow. In all these cases W functions just like the vowel U. Thus the vowels in the following words pairs are the same: how/house, few/feud, law/laud. In Welsh words W can be used for the "oo" sound ("cwm" is pronounced "coom").

BUT there ARE English words that vowel SOUNDS (and in which none of the letters indicates a vowel). They are various "interjections", such as the following:

brr
psst/ pst
sh
tsk

To see actual DICTIONARY entries for these words, start with the following link for the first, and use the search box at the top of the page to look up the rest
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/brr

Most of these are onomatopoetic (imitating actual sounds we make), but does NOT mean they are "not REAL words" as some suggest, anymore than "beep", "tweet" or "thunk" are not real words.

Answer 3

Yes, there are some few ones. I even have seen once a dictionary for words that have no vowels. The one I remember now is the word "gypsy"

Answer 4

Tsk? Is that a word or a sound? If sounds counted as words , you could also say that Shh has no vowels. If TV could be counted as a word than that would work also. But I dont believe thats a "real" word.

Answer 5

No, Y is also a vowel at times.

Answer 6

Just to name a few...

X: 1. A mark inscribed to represent the signature of one who is unable to sign one's name. 2. Symbol for the Roman numeral 10.

If you are counting "y", then...

XYZ: Used to indicate to someone that the zipper of his or her pants is open.

Rhythm: Movement or variation characterized by the regular recurrence or alteration of different quantities or conditions; the rhythm of the tides.

However, "y" is sometimes is counted as a vowel.

Answer 7

I suppose I could suggest Mrs, but that's really an abbreviation.
There is also cwm (koom), but that's a Welsh word for valley.
This link has something interesting to say about words without vowels:
http://www.yaelf.com/aueFAQ/mifwrdswthutvwls.shtml
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Answer 8

Technically, none. With "sometimes y" as a rule, it would fall to onomatopoeia words, which are, at best, approximations of sounds and not considered full or "real" words

Answer 9

no

a,e,i,o,u and sometimes y & w are considered vowels

Answer 10

Rhythm