speech sound

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speech sound - (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language

phone, sound

phonetics - the branch of acoustics concerned with speech processes including its production and perception and acoustic analysis

language unit, linguistic unit - one of the natural units into which linguistic messages can be analyzed

utterance, vocalization - the use of uttered sounds for auditory communication

phoneme - (linguistics) one of a small set of speech sounds that are distinguished by the speakers of a particular language

vowel, vowel sound - a speech sound made with the vocal tract open

glide, semivowel - a vowellike sound that serves as a consonant

consonant - a speech sound that is not a vowel

orinasal, orinasal phone - a speech sound produced with both the oral and nasal passages open (as French nasal vowels)

sonant, voiced sound - a speech sound accompanied by sound from the vocal cords

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