vocoid

n. [语]元音

发音

US /ˈvoʊ.kɔɪd/

词形变化

vocoids 复数 vocoids

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A phonetic vowel, as opposed to a phonological one.

    语言学
  2. 2.

    A sound or segment that has some vowel-like feature and may or may not be able to occupy a nucleus; often includes semivowels, semiconsonants, and any non-syllabic or non-nucleic vowel

    语言学

词源

From voc(al) + -oid. First appears c. the 1940s, coined by Kenneth Lee Pike, American linguist (1912-2000).

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