A close-mid vowel is a type of vowel sound used in some spoken languages. The defining characteristic of a close-mid vowel is that the tongue is positioned halfway between close vowel and a mid vowel. The close-mid vowels identified by the International Phonetic Alphabet are:

• close-mid front unrounded vowel [e]
• close-mid front rounded vowel [ø]
• close-mid central unrounded vowel [ɘ]
• close-mid central rounded vowel [ɵ]
• close-mid back unrounded vowel [ɤ]
• close-mid back rounded vowel [o]