word without english vowels

Question

Is thr any word in English without vowels?

Answer 1

I think she means actual words, rather than sound effects. Zzzzzz would work if snoring were a word.

Don't be so grumpy. We're just having some fun. - 0074b507, Dec 10, 2010

word=A sound or a combination of sounds, or its representation in writing or printing, that symbolizes and communicates a meaning and may consist of a single morpheme or of a combination of morphemes. - 0074b507, Dec 10, 2010

Phhhhttt! - KevinB, Dec 10, 2010

Pfff to qfreed. And that's your actual French !! :-) - Pibosan, Dec 10, 2010

Answer 2

None that I'm aware of. I'm sure Scrabble players wish there were.

Answer 3

From wikipedia: English words with uncommon properties

No vowels but y See also: List of words in English without vowels A large number of Modern English words spell the /?/ or /a?/ sound with the letter y, such as rhythm,my, by, try, sky, why, wry, fry, gym, hymn, lynx, lynch, myth, pygmy, gypsy, myrrh, nymph, lymph, flyby, and syzygy.

Rhythms is the longest common word containing only y as a vowel. Gypsyfy, gypsyry, symphysy, nymphly, and nymphfly are as long or longer, but are not as common. The word twyndyllyngs, an archaic word for twin, has been cited by Guinness World Records as the longest, though it is not in OED.

[edit] No vowels Main article: Words without vowels Further information: List of words in English without vowels A number of vowelless onomatopoeic vocalisations exist (mmm, grrr etc.), which may or may not be considered "words". The verb tsktsk (making a "tsktsk" sound) appears in Chambers Dictionary, making tsktsks, seven letters and no vowels, possible. The word nth (an unspecified ordinal number) is the only all-consonant word in many dictionaries. The Welsh words crwth and cwm use the letter w as a vowel. The word pwn (an exclamation of victory) is common in internet usage, and the letter w may be pronounced as a vowel or a consonant.

My wife never gets "nth" when it is in the crossword puzzle, and she refuses to believe it is a word. - Stadt, Dec 10, 2010

Answer 4

Psst!

Answer 5

Y is not a vowel.

Therefore things like:

why

cry

my

woul work

These words do not have vowels.

Oh and Pluto is a planet.

In English, the letter y is sometimes a vowel and sometimes a consonant.. Read this Wikepedia page http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vowel - Moe, Dec 10, 2010

Sorry, but my dogmatism will trump any wiki, anywhere, anytime. Y is not a vowel. It is an imposter. Like a mall santa. - djnotsophat, Dec 10, 2010

Answer 6

That depends on wheter you consider the "y" a vowel or not, as in syzygy, for example.

informally, the word "pwn" has become popular in Internet usage. And if you take in consideration words that are sometimes used in English, although they have a different origin, then you encounter things such as crwth and cwm, which are Welsh.

Cwm

what do these words mean? - engspanish, Dec 10, 2010

You can just put them in the "google" or "search" bar of your browser and you'll find the meanings. ;) - Gekkosan, Dec 10, 2010

The "w" is a vowel in Welsh. - Pibosan, Dec 10, 2010

We're dealing with English here, and possibly foreign words treated as English ones. "Y" is not an vowell in English, although it is often pronounced as one. - Gekkosan, Dec 10, 2010

In English, however, "y" is considered a "semi-vowel" which simply means that it can be considered a vowel when it suits our purposes. - samdie, Dec 10, 2010

Answer 7

How about acronyms? They function as words and some of them don't have any vowel. BBC, WWW, CM, DJ, MC

Answer 8

I don't think there are any that do not have a "Y" in them.

Answer 9

May I ask why you wanted to know, Reema?

Answer 10

yeah, I want actual word.

Answer 11

Sh! (cállate, estás en una biblioteca y hay personas intentando leer))