Is there any word without a Vowel?

Answer 1

sky, rhythm

PS: To the people screaming 'Y is a vowel' ... er, no it's not! A E I O U are the only 5 vowels. Y SOUNDS like a vowel in certain words, but it doesn't 'become' a vowel just because it sounds like one! Even my 8 year old students can tell you this!

Answer 2

Depends on whether you're talking about written or spoken english (assuming that's the language you're interested in).

In written english, the "vowels" are aeiou. Some short, but recognised and valid, words contain a semi-vowel in place of a vowel - words like "fly" or "by".

In spoken english, a (phonetic) vowel sound is made when air passes out of the mouth uninterrupted by the organs of articulation. There are many more phonetic vowels than alphabetic vowels, and the pure vowels sounds ("monophthongs") can also be combined into compound "multiple" vowels (diphthongs and triphthongs).

There are no English words that do not contain spoken vowel sounds. The spoken vowel sounds are vital for word structure in spoken English language.

Answer 3

Examples

nth
Nth, (pronounced enth) is considered a word in the English language. It is normally used as a representation for maximum (to the nth degree). Other uses include its realistic mathematical variable. 2n could be read as "two to the nth power".

psst
A hissing sound designed to attract the attention of someone covertly. This word is described as being an onomatopoeia.


tsk
A sound of disapproval, also rendered tut, or alternatively a dental click (/).


crwth
The Crwth (pronounced [krʊθ] or [kruːθ]) is an instrument which originated in Wales, about 2000 years ago; the end of its popularity began in the mid-1800s.

Crwths were originally developed from the lyre. In the early 14th century, it was given a fingerboard. Advanced crwth players could play about 24 songs.

cwm
A cwm, (pronounced [kuːm]), is a large basin within a mountain that sometimes contains a lake. Cwms usually have steep edges. Synonyms: cirque. Note: J. R. R. Tolkien used the spelling "coomb".

If, counter to the system of English spelling, one counts y as a consonant letter throughout (as is sometimes done), then there is a great number of words that seemingly do not contain a vowel letter (e.g. by, thy, sky, syzygy, etc.). In the computer game The 7th Guest, one of the puzzles involves a vowel-less sentence- "shy gypsy slyly spryly tryst by my crypt".

crypt
An underground vault, especially one beneath a church that is used as a burial place.

lynx
Rival etymologist factions have argued for centuries whether the letter "y" is a consonant or a vowel; While there are certain clear-cut cases, such as yo-yo or fly, where the role of the "y" is apparent, the word lynx presents a new problem, as the pronunciation of the word affects one's opinion. The battle rages on today, as the consonant and vowel camps continue to fight for the ownership of the "y" in lynx. An etymological litmus test of the current general feeling towards lynx shows the vowel camp in front, with the "y" having an "i" sound (=links).

nymph
A Greek mythological creature, usually beautiful young females, that freely dwell in natural environments, most commonly forests or rivers. Amongst the most famous of nymphs are Poseidon's Nereids and Artemis's group of nymphs.

rhythm
An ordered recurrent alternation of strong and weak elements in the flow of sound and silence in speech; the aspect of music comprising all the elements that relate to forward movement

syzygy
A syzygy (pronounced [sɪz.ɪdʒi]) can be an alignment of three celestial bodies (for example, the Sun, Earth, and Moon) such that one body is directly between the other two, such as an eclipse.

tryst
A tryst is a secret meeting.


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Hi all
The longest word is TWYNDYLLYNGS

Twyndyllyngs is the longest word in English that doesn't contain one of the five vowels (AEIOU). It comes from Welsh and is obviously rare, but it does appear in the Oxford English Dictionary.

It turns out that "twyndyllyng" (singular) is a 15th century spelling of the word "twinling," which means, in modern English, "twin."

Answer 4

The answer to this question is subject to debate – so much debate, in fact, that I became sorry I ever asked the question. The answer that I originally posted was:

If we refer to words that lack "true" vowels (a, e, i, o, and u), the answer is that a number of them do; among them are: hymn, rhythm, myth, sylph, and syzygy (the alignment of three celestial objects). These words contain the so-called semivowel y and none of the true vowels.

The debate is further complicated by the view held by some people that certain uttered sounds that have distinct meaning (e.g., Shhh! Grrr! Psst! Zzzz!) are true words and therefore qualify as words without vowels (or, for that matter, semivowels). If we disqualify these words and words ending in y (together with acronyms such as RSVP and abbreviations such as P.S. and P.M. ), every English word contains at least one of the principal vowels.

After I posted the above answer, several people disagreed. Among the dissenters were those citing cwm, a Welsh word for "valley," which does have a listing in some English dictionaries. Therefore, I probably needed to clarify further to rule out words that are strictly dialect, especially Gaelic or Welsj words in which w may have a vowel sound. Someone else suggested that nth was a word with no vowels. But the n in nth stands for any number, so then we might as well argue that 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and so on are vowel-less words.

The whole matter became silly and trivial, and I am now asking people not to send me suggestions of obscure vowel-less words. Having endured several such suggestions, my final answer to the question is: Who cares?

Answer 5

There r infinite words without vowels.
How?
Ans:we keep on adding words every single second.

Answer 6

Sky, fly. rhythm, etc.

I was taught at school that there are five vowels A E I O U. Yet, with the above 3 words, suddenly Y is a vowel. Stupid.

It's like the colour white - I got told white is not a colour, so I asked the art teacher what colour my paper is, she said white, I said I thought you said white is not a colour.

Answer 7

THERE ARE MORE THAN 10.000.000 WORDS WITHOUT A VOWEL!

Answer 8

Actually since we can't say a consonant without making a vowel sound the answer is a big shiny NOPE !

Answer 9

I believe not, when you refer back to your kindergarten phonics.

The vowels are "A, E, I, O, and sometimes Y."

For all of the people posting words with Y in them, that is not a vowelless word, you just need to go back to Kindergarten.

Answer 10

i know a name without a vowel it's krch

Answer 11

There is no word in the English language without a vowel. I am not sure about other languages. w and y are sometimes vowels.