vocoid
English
Etymology
voc(al) + -oid, 1940s[1], coined by Kenneth Lee Pike, American linguist (1912-2000).[2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈvoʊ.kɔɪd/
Noun
vocoid (plural vocoids)
- (linguistics) A phonetic vowel, as opposed to a phonological one.
- Coordinate term: contoid
References
- “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 (in English), Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, OCLC 316210
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