polyphone

[pol-ee-fohn]

pol·y·phone

[pol-ee-fohn]
noun Phonetics.
a polyphonic letter or symbol.

Origin:
1645–55; < Greek polýphōnos. See poly-, -phone
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Polyphone is always a great word to know.
So is vowel. Does it mean:
a speech sound produced without occluding, diverting, or obstructing the flow of air from the lungs
a speech sound characterized by audible friction produced by forcing the breath through a constricted passage in the vocal tract
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polyphone (ˈpɒlɪˌfəʊn)
 
n
a letter or character having more than one phonetic value, such as English c, pronounced () before a, o, or u or () before e or i

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