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English
Etymology
voc(al) + -oid, 1940s, coined by Kenneth Lee Pike, American linguist (1912-2000).
Pronunciation
Noun
vocoid (plural vocoids)
- (linguistics) A phonetic vowel, as opposed to a phonological one.
- Coordinate term: contoid
Translations
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, Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, →OCLC