Phonetics

(phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language

a transcription intended to represent each distinct speech sound with a separate symbol

(phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language

(phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language

a speech sound having as an obvious concomitant an audible puff of breath, as initial stop consonants or initial /h/ sounds.; "The ‘p’ in Englis…

a speech sound that is not a vowel

a vowellike sound that serves as a consonant

The official phonetic system for transcribing the Mandarin pronunciations of Chinese characters into the Latin alphabet.

a speech sound by which the airstream flows inward through the mouth or nose.; "An ingressive is a speech sound that is articulated using an inw…

a speech sound produced with both the oral and nasal passages open (as French nasal vowels)

a speech sound produced with both the oral and nasal passages open (as French nasal vowels)

(linguistics) one of a small set of speech sounds that are distinguished by the speakers of a particular language

The official phonetic system for transcribing the Mandarin pronunciations of Chinese characters into the Latin alphabet.

a vowellike sound that serves as a consonant

a speech sound accompanied by sound from the vocal cords

a speech sound accompanied by sound from the vocal cords

a speech sound made with the vocal tract open

a speech sound made with the vocal tract open

being without sound through injury or illness and thus incapable of all but whispered speech

the aspect of pronunciation that involves bringing articulatory organs together so as to shape the sounds of speech

being without sound through injury or illness and thus incapable of all but whispered speech

a vowel whose quality or length is changed to indicate linguistic distinctions (such as sing sang sung song)

(linguistics) any of various acoustically different forms of the same phoneme

a consonant articulated with the tip of the tongue near the gum ridge

a consonant pronounced with aspiration

(linguistics) any vowel sound in which the tongue is positioned halfway between a front vowel and a back vowel.; "In practice, unrounded central…

a consonant articulated with the tongue against the upper teeth

a vowel sound that starts near the articulatory position for one vowel and moves toward the position for another

a doubled or long consonant; "the ‘n’ in ‘thinness’ is a geminate"

a consonant articulated in the back of the mouth or throat

a consonant whose articulation involves movement of the lips

a consonant whose articulation involves the lips and teeth

a consonant that is produced with the tongue and other speech organs

a frictionless continuant that is not a nasal consonant (especially ‘l’ and ‘r’)

(linguistics) Any vowel sound made with a somewhat elevated position of some certain part of the tongue, in relation to the palate; midway betwe…

a consonant produced through the nose with the mouth closed

a consonant that is produced with a partial or complete blockage of the airflow from the lungs through the nose or mouth

(linguistics) an ordinary vowel that is produced without nasalization.; "An oral vowel is produced with the soft palate in a raised position, so…

a semivowel produced with the tongue near the palate (like the initial sound in the English word ‘yeast’)

a consonant articulated in the back of the mouth or throat

(linguistics) A vowel that is pronounced with the lips drawn together and forming a circular opening.; "Thus rounded vowels and labialized conso…

a consonant produced without sound from the vocal cords

a consonant produced with the back of the tongue touching or near the soft palate

Either of two letters in Cyrillic alphabets, which originally represented phonemically the ultra-short vowels in Slavic languages.; "For determi…

a manner of articulation involving an audible release of breath

the articulation of speech regarded from the point of view of its intelligibility to the audience

the articulation of speech regarded from the point of view of its intelligibility to the audience

the insertion of a vowel or consonant into a word to make its pronunciation easier; "the insertion of a vowel in the plural of the word ‘bush’ i…

the act of nasalizing; the utterance of sounds modulated by the nasal resonators

an articulatory gesture made by turning the tip of the tongue back against the roof of the mouth

(phonology) the loss of sounds from within a word (as in ‘fo'c'sle’ for ‘forecastle’)

(phonology) the loss of sounds from within a word (as in ‘fo'c'sle’ for ‘forecastle’)

indistinct articulation; "judging from the thickness of his speech he had been drinking heavily"

the articulation of a consonant (especially the consonant ‘r’) with a rapid flutter of the tongue against the palate or uvula; "he pronounced hi…

consonant articulated by constricting (but not closing) the vocal tract

a degree of ablaut

a degree of ablaut

a schwa that is incidental to the pronunciation of a consonant

a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it; "his stop consonants are too aspirated"

indistinct enunciation