- orinasal phone
- nouna speech sound produced with both the oral and nasal passages open (as French nasal vowels)• Syn: ↑orinasal• Hypernyms: ↑phone, ↑speech sound, ↑sound
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orinasal phone
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orinasal — adj. (esp. of French nasalized vowels) sounded with both the mouth and the nose. Etymology: L os oris mouth + NASAL * * * noun a speech sound produced with both the oral and nasal passages open (as French nasal vowels) • Syn: ↑orinasal phone •… … Useful english dictionary
speech sound — noun (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language • Syn: ↑phone, ↑sound • Derivationally related forms: ↑sound (for: ↑sound), ↑phonic … Useful english dictionary
