(linguistics) any of various acoustically different forms of the same phoneme
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Vowel sound
a speech sound made with the vocal tract open
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(linguistics) any vowel sound in which the tongue is positioned halfway between a front vowel and a back vowel.; "In practice, unround…
Used in the same subject area: Linguistics, Phonetics.(linguistics) Any vowel sound made with a somewhat elevated position of some certain part of the tongue, in relation to the palate; mi…
Used in the same subject area: Linguistics, Phonetics.(linguistics) an ordinary vowel that is produced without nasalization.; "An oral vowel is produced with the soft palate in a raised po…
Used in the same subject area: Linguistics, Phonetics.(linguistics) one of a small set of speech sounds that are distinguished by the speakers of a particular language
Used in the same subject area: Linguistics, Phonetics.(linguistics) A vowel that is pronounced with the lips drawn together and forming a circular opening.; "Thus rounded vowels and labial…
Used in the same subject area: Linguistics, Phonetics.(phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language
Used in the same subject area: Linguistics, Phonetics.a transcription intended to represent each distinct speech sound with a separate symbol
Used in the same subject area: Linguistics, Phonetics.(phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language
Used in the same subject area: Linguistics, Phonetics.(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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A sound made by the vocal organs; an articulate utterance or an elementary sound, esp. a consonant.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: speech, sound, vocal, tract, open.extensive tract of level open land; "they emerged from the woods onto a vast open plain"; "he longed for the fields of his youth"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: speech, sound, vocal, tract, open.A peninsula; a tract of land nearly surrounded by water, but united to a larger tract by a neck of land or isthmus; as, the Cimbric Ch…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: speech, sound, vocal, tract, open.An articulate sound which in utterance is usually combined and sounded with an open sound called a vowel; a member of the spoken alpha…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: speech, sound, vocal, tract, open.consonant articulated by constricting (but not closing) the vocal tract
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: speech, sound, vocal, tract, open.extensive tract of level open land; "they emerged from the woods onto a vast open plain"; "he longed for the fields of his youth"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: speech, sound, vocal, tract, open.Sonant; vocal; -- applied to any one of the sonant or vocal consonants, as distinguished from a nonsonant (or sharp) consonant.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: speech, sound, vocal, tract, open.An extensive wood; a large tract of land covered with trees; in the United States, a wood of native growth, or a tract of woodland whi…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: speech, sound, vocal, tract, open.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…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: speech, sound, vocal, tract, open.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…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: speech, sound, vocal, tract, open.a speech sound by which the airstream flows inward through the mouth or nose.; "An ingressive is a speech sound that is articulated us…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: speech, sound, vocal, tract, open.a cartilaginous structure at the top of the trachea; contains elastic vocal cords that are the source of the vocal tone in speech
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: speech, sound, vocal, tract, open.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…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: speech, sound, vocal, tract, open.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…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: speech, sound, vocal, tract, open.A long narrow tract of land projecting from the main body, or a narrow tract connecting two larger tracts.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: speech, sound, vocal, tract, open.To make or set open; to render free of access; to unclose; to unbar; to unlock; to remove any fastening or covering from; as, to open…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: speech, sound, vocal, tract, open.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";…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: speech, sound, vocal, tract, open.extensive tract of level open land; "they emerged from the woods onto a vast open plain"; "he longed for the fields of his youth"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: speech, sound, vocal, tract, open.
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