vocoid
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
voc(al) + -oid, 1940s,[1] coined by Kenneth Lee Pike, American linguist (1912-2000).[2]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
vocoid (plural vocoids)
- (linguistics) A phonetic vowel, as opposed to a phonological one.
- Coordinate term: contoid
Translations[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ “vocoid”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- ^ Kenneth Lee Pike (1943) Phonetics, a Critical Analysis of Phonetic Theory and a Technique for the Practical Description of Sounds, Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, →OCLC