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A barred u, for a high central rounded vowel.
Also known as: Barred u, U with stroke
In the International Phonetic Alphabet a barred u denotes a close central rounded vowel: the barred-i tongue position with rounded lips. It occurs in Swedish, Norwegian and Scottish English.
Denotes a close central rounded vowel, the rounded counterpart of the close central unrounded vowel.
Contexts: Language and transcription
Occurs in Swedish and Norwegian, and is used for the goose vowel in transcriptions of many modern accents of English where that vowel has fronted.
Contexts: Language and transcription
A lower-case letter u crossed by a short horizontal bar through the middle of its bowl.