vocoid

English

Etymology

From voc(al) +‎ -oid. First appears c. the 1940s,[1] coined by Kenneth Lee Pike, American linguist (1912-2000).[2]

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈvoʊ.kɔɪd/

Noun

vocoid (plural vocoids)

  1. (linguistics) A phonetic vowel, as opposed to a phonological one.
    Coordinate term: contoid
  2. (linguistics) 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

Translations

References

  1. ^ “vocoid”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
  2. ^ 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
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