vocoid
English
editEtymology
editvoc(al) + -oid, 1940s,[1] coined by Kenneth Lee Pike, American linguist (1912-2000).[2]
Pronunciation
editNoun
editvocoid (plural vocoids)
- (linguistics) A phonetic vowel, as opposed to a phonological one.
- Coordinate term: contoid
Translations
editReferences
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