phonotactic

[foh-nuh-tak-tik]

pho·no·tac·tic

[foh-nuh-tak-tik]
adjective Linguistics.
of or pertaining to phonotactics: Phonotactic constraints in English prevent the occurrence of the consonant clusters (sr) and (dl) at the beginning of words.

Origin:
1955–60; phono- + tactic
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Phonotactic is always a great word to know.
So is strident. Does it mean:
characterized acoustically by noise of relatively high intensity, as sibilants, labiodentals and uvular fricatives, and most affricates
characterized by the absence of a distinctive phonological feature, such as (p) in contrast to (b), which lacks the distinctive feature of voicing
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