English Explanatory Dictionary

vocoid

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A phonetic vowel, as opposed to a phonological one.
  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

Pronunciation

/ˈvoʊ.kɔɪd/

Word forms

vocoid vocoids

Etymology

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

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