Polyphone: alternatives and connections

A sound made by the vocal organs; an articulate utterance or an elementary sound, esp. a consonant.

The rough breathing; a mark (/) placed over an initial vowel sound or over / to show that it is aspirated, that is, pronounced with h…

A sound consisting of, or characterized by, a breath like the sound of h; the breathing h or a character representing such a sound; an…

An articulate sound which in utterance is usually combined and sounded with an open sound called a vowel; a member of the spoken alpha…

Sonant; vocal; -- applied to any one of the sonant or vocal consonants, as distinguished from a nonsonant (or sharp) consonant.

A sound formed in the throat; esp., a sound formed by the aid of the back of the tongue, much retracted, and the soft palate; also, a…

A sacred character; a character in picture writing, as of the ancient Egyptians, Mexicans, etc. Specifically, in the plural, the pictu…

A discourse or sermon read or pronounced to an audience; a serious discourse.

either of the two lower vocal folds that come together to form the glottis; produce a vocal tone when they are approximated and air fr…

either of the two lower vocal folds that come together to form the glottis; produce a vocal tone when they are approximated and air fr…

a judgment pronounced on the status of some particular subject or property or thing (as opposed to one pronounced on persons)

a judgment pronounced on the status of some particular subject or property or thing (as opposed to one pronounced on persons)

a cartilaginous structure at the top of the trachea; contains elastic vocal cords that are the source of the vocal tone in speech

That which is appointed to be read; especially, a chronicle or register of the lives of saints, formerly read at matins, and in the re…

An order of curious parasitic worms found on crinoids. The body is short and disklike, with four pairs of suckers and five pairs of ho…

To read through; to read carefully.

the sound made by the vibration of vocal folds modified by the resonance of the vocal tract; "a singer takes good care of his voice";…

To declare or affirm; as, he pronounced the book to be a libel; he pronounced the act to be a fraud.