⟨ø⟩ дыбысы және оның тілдердегі қолданылуы

Vowel sound represented by ⟨ø⟩ in IPA

The close mid front rounded vowel, or high mid front rounded vowel, is a type of vowel sound used in some spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents the sound is , a lowercase letter o with a diagonal stroke through it, borrowed from Danish, Norwegian, and Faroese, which sometimes use the letter to represent the sound. This sound is represented by the letter in most of Scandinavia; by the digraphs and (using the ligature) in French; and by in many languages like German derived languages, Estonian, Swedish, Finnish, and Icelandic. The symbol is commonly referred to as "o, slash" in English. For the close mid front rounded vowel that is usually transcribed with the symbol , see near close front rounded vowel. If the usual symbol is , the vowel is listed here.

The close mid front compressed vowel is typically transcribed in IPA simply as , which is the convention used in this article. There is no dedicated diacritic for compression in the IPA. However, the compression of the lips can be shown with the letter as (simultaneous and labial compression) or ( modified with labial compression). The spread lip diacritic may also be used with a rounded vowel letter as an ad hoc symbol, but 'spread' technically means unrounded. For the close mid front compressed vowel that is usually transcribed with the symbol , see near close front compressed vowel. If the usual symbol is , the vowel is listed here.

Because front rounded vowels are assumed to have compression, and few descriptions cover the distinction, some of the following may actually have protrusion. Language Word IPA Meaning Notes Asturian Some Western dialects fuöra 'outside' Realization of in the diphthong May also be realized as or Bavarian Amstetten dialect Contrasts close , near close , close mid and open mid front rounded vowels in addition to the open central unrounded See Danish phonologyDjeoromitxi 'man' Dutch Standard Belgian [[Dutch orthography 'nose' Also described as central In the Standard Northern variety, it is diphthongized to See Dutch phonology Many accents Present in many Eastern and Southern varieties. See Dutch phonology English Broad New Zealand bird 'bird' Possible realization of Other speakers use a more open vowel See New Zealand English phonology Cardiff Lower in other southern Welsh accents. It corresponds to mid central unrounded in other Welsh accents and in RP. Port Talbot Geordie Can be mid central unrounded instead. South African Used in General and Broad accents; may be mid instead. In the Cultivated variety, it is realized as mid central unrounded See South African English phonology Estonian [[Estonian orthography 'work' See Estonian phonology Faroese Suðuroy dialect [[Faroese orthography 'bridges' Realization of unstressed and The stressed vowel typically transcribed with in IPA transcriptions of Faroese is open mid See Faroese phonology French [[French orthography 'few' See French phonology German Standard [[German orthography 'beautiful' See Standard German phonology Southern accents [[German orthography 'hell' Common realization of in Southern Germany, Switzerland and Austria. See Standard German phonology Hungarian [[Hungarian orthography 'woman' See Hungarian phonology Iaai møøk 'to close eyes'KurdishPalewani (Southern)[[Kurdish orthography/sör'wedding'See Kurdish phonology Lemerig lēlqön̄ 'forget' Limburgish Most dialects beuk 'beech' Central in Maastricht; the example word is from the Hamont Achel dialect. Lombard Lombardy nöf / noeuv 'new' One of the phonetic pronunciations of the classic lombard orthography trigraph 'oeu', along with [ø], modern orthography uses 'ö' to distinguish it from the [œ] phoneme that is rendered by letter 'œ'. Low German sön / zeun 'son' May be realized as a narrow closing diphthong in certain dialects. Löyöp nö‑qöy 'place haunted by spirits' Luxembourgish blöd 'stupid' Occurs only in loanwords. See Luxembourgish phonology Portuguese Micaelense [[Portuguese orthography 'ox' Allophone of See Portuguese phonology Some European speakers [[Portuguese orthography 'I give' Ripuarian Cologne Mösch 'sparrow' Can also appear long, as in pröve [pʁøː¹və] 'test'. Saterland Frisian Göäte 'gutter' Typically transcribed in IPA with Phonetically, it is nearly identical to The vowel typically transcribed in IPA with is actually near close Wariʼcamö'capybara'Rare; for some speakers, it is evolving into in open syllables and in closed ones. West Frisian Hindeloopers beuch Diphthongized to in Standard West Frisian. See West Frisian phonology

Catford notes that most languages with rounded front and back vowels use distinct types of labialization, protruded back vowels and compressed front vowels. However, a few, such as the Scandinavian languages, have protruded front vowels. One of them, Swedish, even contrasts the two types of rounding in front vowels (see near close near front rounded vowel, with Swedish examples of both types of rounding). As there are no diacritics in the IPA to distinguish protruded and compressed rounding, an old diacritic for labialization, , will be used here as an ad hoc symbol for protruded front vowels. Another possible transcription is or (a close mid front vowel modified by endolabialization), but that could be misread as a diphthong. For the close mid front protruded vowel that is usually transcribed with the symbol , see near close front protruded vowel. If the usual symbol is , the vowel is listed here. Acoustically, the sound is in between the more typical compressed close mid front vowel and the unrounded close mid front vowel .

Language Word IPA Meaning Notes Norwegian [[Norwegian alphabet 'sweet' The example word is from Urban East Norwegian, in which the vowel has also been described as central See Norwegian phonology Swedish Central Standard [[Swedish alphabet 'beer' May be diphthongized to See Swedish phonology