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allophone

One of the different sounds used to pronounce the same basic speech sound.

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Phoneme 76% connected

A sound contrast that can change one word into another.

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Accent noun · 78% connection

the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch); "he put the stress on the wrong syl…

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Central vowel noun · 78% connection

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

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Emphasis noun · 78% connection

the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch); "he put the stress on the wrong syl…

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Mid vowel noun · 78% connection

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

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Oral vowel noun · 78% connection

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

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Rounded vowel noun · 78% connection

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

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Stress noun · 78% connection

the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch); "he put the stress on the wrong syl…

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Tone noun · 78% connection

(linguistics) a pitch or change in pitch of the voice that serves to distinguish words in tonal languages; "the Beijing dialect uses f…

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Phone noun · 78% connection

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

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Phonetic transcription noun · 78% connection

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

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Sound noun · 78% connection

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

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Speech sound noun · 78% connection

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

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Syllable noun · 78% connection

a unit of spoken language larger than a phoneme; "the word ‘pocket’ has two syllables"

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Amine noun · 78% connection

One of a class of strongly basic substances derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms by a basic atom or radic…

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Aspirate noun · 78% connection

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

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Byzantine noun · 78% connection

A native or inhabitant of Byzantium, now Constantinople; sometimes, applied to an inhabitant of the modern city of Constantinople. C (…

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Complementary distribution noun · 78% connection

(linguistics) a distribution of related speech sounds or forms in such a way that they only appear in different contexts

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Complementation noun · 78% connection

(linguistics) a distribution of related speech sounds or forms in such a way that they only appear in different contexts

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Condemn verb · 78% connection

To adjudge or pronounce to be unfit for use or service; to adjudge or pronounce to be forfeited; as, the ship and her cargo were conde…

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Different adjective · 78% connection

Of various or contrary nature, form, or quality; partially or totally unlike; dissimilar; as, different kinds of food or drink; differ…

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Gyve verb · 78% connection

To fetter; to shackle; to chain. H () the eighth letter of the English alphabet, is classed among the consonants, and is formed with t…

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Haw noun · 78% connection

An intermission or hesitation of speech, with a sound somewhat like haw! also, the sound so made.

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Heterographic adjective · 78% connection

Employing the same letters to represent different sounds in different words or syllables; -- said of methods of spelling; as, the ordi…

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Heterography noun · 78% connection

That method of spelling in which the same letters represent different sounds in different words, as in the ordinary English orthograph…

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Ingressive noun · 78% connection

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

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Lip noun · 78% connection

One of the two fleshy folds which surround the orifice of the mouth in man and many other animals. In man the lips are organs of speec…

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Lisp verb · 78% connection

To pronounce the sibilant letter s imperfectly; to give s and z the sound of th; -- a defect common among children.

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Metal noun · 78% connection

An elementary substance, as sodium, calcium, or copper, whose oxide or hydroxide has basic rather than acid properties, as contrasted…

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Missound verb · 78% connection

To sound wrongly; to utter or pronounce incorrectly.

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Onomatopoeia noun · 78% connection

The formation of words in imitation of sounds; a figure of speech in which the sound of a word is imitative of the sound of the thing…

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Phonation noun · 78% connection

The act or process by which articulate sounds are uttered; the utterance of articulate sounds; articulate speech.

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