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a·phon·ic
/
eɪˈfɒn
ɪk
,
eɪˈfoʊ
nɪk
/
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[
ey-
fon
-ik
,
ey-
foh
-nik
]
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adjective
1.
mouthed but not spoken; noiseless; silent.
2.
Phonetics
.
a.
lacking phonation; unvoiced.
b.
without voice; voiceless.
3.
Pathology
.
affected with aphonia.
noun
4.
Pathology
.
a person who is affected with
aphonia
.
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articulated with the lower lip touching the upper front teeth
pronounced with rounded lips; labialized
involving lip articulation or a rounded vowel
a speech sound that by itself makes a syllable or subordinates to itself the other sounds in the syllable
a speech sound of vowel quality used as a consonant; (w) in wet or (y) in yet
a vowel or a voiced consonant or semivowel that is neither a stop nor an affricate
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Origin:
1820–30;
<
Greek
áphōn
(
os
) voiceless (
see
aphonia
) +
-ic
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aphonic
(əˈfɒnɪk)
—
adj
1.
affected with aphonia
2.
phonetics
a. not representing a spoken sound, as
k
in
know
b. voiceless or devoiced
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