Speech sound
Speech sound noun - (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language.
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Synonyms for Speech sound
Spirant and speech sound are semantically related. in sound unit of speech topic. In some cases you can use "Spirant" instead a noun phrase "Speech sound".
Spirant
Spirant noun - A continuant consonant produced by breath moving against a narrowing of the vocal tract.
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Synonyms for Spirant
Speech sound and spirant are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace phrase "Speech sound" with "Spirant", this terms are similar.
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Related pairs
- consonant and speech sound
- consonant and spirant
- liquid and speech sound
- liquid and spirant
- click and speech sound
- click and spirant
- phone and speech sound
- phone and spirant
- affricate and speech sound
- affricate and spirant
- fricative and speech sound
- fricative and spirant
- sibilant and speech sound
- sibilant and spirant
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