speech sound
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1. (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language (noun.communication)
| hypernym | : | language unit, linguistic unit, |
| definition | : | one of the natural units into which linguistic messages can be analyzed (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | phoneme, |
| definition | : | (linguistics) one of a small set of speech sounds that are distinguished by the speakers of a particular language (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | vowel, vowel sound, |
| definition | : | a speech sound made with the vocal tract open (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | glide, semivowel, |
| definition | : | a vowellike sound that serves as a consonant (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | consonant, |
| definition | : | a speech sound that is not a vowel (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | orinasal, orinasal phone, |
| definition | : | a speech sound produced with both the oral and nasal passages open (as French nasal vowels) (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | sonant, voiced sound, |
| definition | : | a speech sound accompanied by sound from the vocal cords (noun.communication) |
| part meronym | : | utterance, vocalization, |
| definition | : | the use of uttered sounds for auditory communication (noun.communication) |
| domain category | : | phonetics, |
| definition | : | the branch of acoustics concerned with speech processes including its production and perception and acoustic analysis (noun.cognition) |
| derivation | : | sound, |
| definition | : | announce by means of a sound (verb.perception) |
| derivation | : | phonetic, |
| definition | : | of or relating to the scientific study of speech sounds (adj.pert) |
| derivation | : | phonetic, phonic, |
| definition | : | of or relating to speech sounds (adj.pert) |
| derivation | : | phonic, |
| definition | : | relating to speech (adj.pert) |
| derivation | : | sound, |
| definition | : | announce by means of a sound (verb.perception) |
| derivation | : | phonetic, |
| definition | : | of or relating to the scientific study of speech sounds (adj.pert) |
| derivation | : | phonetic, phonic, |
| definition | : | of or relating to speech sounds (adj.pert) |
| derivation | : | phonic, |
| definition | : | relating to speech (adj.pert) |
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