the vowellike nature of `r'
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Useful english dictionary. 2012.
vo|coid — «VOH koyd», noun, adjective. Phonetics. –n. any sound having a vowellike character. –adj. having a vowellike character: »a vocoid sound or articulation. ╂[< voc(al) + oid] … Useful english dictionary
Persian transcription — The Persian language (Tehrani dialect) has six vowels and twenty three consonants. the persian sounds has two sepecification1. every syllable starts with consonants and 2. it is combination of one consonant and one vowellike as in the chart below … Wikipedia
purty — pur·ty (pûrʹtē) adj. Regional Variant of pretty. Regional Note: Purty is probably the most common American example of metathesis, a linguistic process in which two adjacent sounds are reversed in order. Metathesis in English often involves the… … Universalium
nucleus — /nooh klee euhs, nyooh /, n., pl. nuclei / klee uy /, nucleuses. 1. a central part about which other parts are grouped or gathered; core: A few faithful friends formed the nucleus of the club. 2. Biol. a specialized, usually spherical mass of… … Universalium
vocoid — /voh koyd/, Phonet. adj. 1. of or pertaining to a sound produced without stoppage or obstruction of the flow of air in the vocal tract; vowellike. n. 2. a vocoid sound. Cf. contoid. [1940 45; VOC(AL) + OID] * * * … Universalium
vowel — vowelless, adj. vowellike, adj. vowely, vowelly, adv. /vow euhl/, n. 1. Phonet. a. (in English articulation) a speech sound produced without occluding, diverting, or obstructing the flow of air from the lungs (opposed to consonant). b. (in a… … Universalium
human behaviour — Introduction the potential and expressed capacity for physical, mental, and social activity during the phases of human life. Human beings, like other animal species, have a typical life course that consists of successive phases of… … Universalium
alveolar — Synonyms and related words: accented, alveolate, apical, apico alveolar, apico dental, articulated, assimilated, back, barytone, bilabial, broad, cacuminal, central, cerebral, checked, close, consonant, consonantal, continuant, dental, dented,… … Moby Thesaurus
assimilated — Synonyms and related words: Americanized, Anglicized, accented, acculturated, acculturized, adopted, alveolar, amalgamated, apical, apico alveolar, apico dental, articulated, back, barytone, bilabial, blended, broad, cacuminal, central, cerebral … Moby Thesaurus
back — Synonyms and related words: a priori, a rebours, a reculons, abandon, abet, accented, acknowledgments, advance, advocate, affirm, afford support, aft, after, aftermost, afterpart, afterpiece, again, against the grain, ago, aid, alpenstock,… … Moby Thesaurus
