Synonyms

speech sound

speech sound

noun Phonetics.
1.
any of the set of distinctive sounds of a given language. Compare phoneme.
2.
any audible, elemental, acoustic event occurring in speech: “Go” contains the speech sound “o.” Compare phone2.
3.
any of the sounds of the entire phonetic system of a language.
Compare allophone.


Origin:
1865–70
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Speech sound is always a great word to know.
So is voice. Does it mean:
the phonetic symbol ?
the audible result of phonation and resonance
WordNet
speech sound

noun
(phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language [syn: phone
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