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vogal posterior

Portuguese, noun/ˌvɔˈɡaw ˌpɔs.te.ɾiˈoʁ/ [ˌvɔˈɡaʊ̯ ˌpɔs.te.ɾɪˈoh], AFI: /ˌvɔˈɡaw ˌpɔs.teˈɾjoʁ/ [ˌvɔˈɡaʊ̯ ˌpɔs.teˈɾjoh] (coloquial)

vogal posterior is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “back vowel (any vowel produced in the back of the mouth)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does vogal posterior mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    feminineback vowel (any vowel produced in the back of the mouth)

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

phrase: 1. é a vogal que, em sua pronúncia, o ponto de articulação se dá com elevação do dorso posterior da língua em direção ao véu palatino, sem criar uma constrição (/u/, /o/, /ɔ/, /ʊ/, /ɑ/, /ɯ/, /ʌ/, /ɤ/ e /ɒ/ no Alfabeto Fonético Internacional; /o/, /ó/, /ô/, /u/ no português)

The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.

Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of vogal posterior

  • vogais posteriores plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce vogal posterior?

  • Brazil /ˌvɔˈɡaw ˌpɔs.te.ɾiˈoʁ/ [ˌvɔˈɡaʊ̯ ˌpɔs.te.ɾɪˈoh], AFI: /ˌvɔˈɡaw ˌpɔs.teˈɾjoʁ/ [ˌvɔˈɡaʊ̯ ˌpɔs.teˈɾjoh] (coloquial)
  • Brazil /ˌvɔˈɡaw ˌpɔs.te.ɾiˈoɻ/ [ˌvɔˈɡaʊ̯ ˌpɔs.te.ɾɪˈoɻ] (Região Sul), AFI: /ˌvɔˈɡaw ˌpɔs.teˈɾjoɻ/ [ˌvɔˈɡaʊ̯ ˌpɔs.teˈɾjoɻ] (coloquial)
  • Brazil /ˌvɔˈɡaw ˌpɔs.teˈɾjoɻ/ [ˌvɔˈɡaʊ̯ ˌpɔs.teˈɾjoɻ] (coloquial)

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.