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Polyphthong

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monophthongnounA vowel (in the sense of a sound rather than a letter of the alphabet) that has the same sound throughout its pronunciation, such as the short vowels in "pap", "pep", "pip", "pop" and "pup", as opposed to a diphthong (eg, /aɪ/, the vowel in "pipe") or a triphthong (eg, /aɪə/, the sound in the non-rhotic pronunciation of "pyre").
monophthongizationnoun(phonetics) The process of becoming monophthong, for a diphthong or triphthong.
monopthongnounMisspelling of monophthong. [A vowel (in the sense of a sound rather than a letter of the alphabet) that has the same sound throughout its pronunciation, such as the short vowels in "pap", "pep", "pip", "pop" and "pup", as opposed to a diphthong (eg, /aɪ/, the vowel in "pipe") or a triphthong (eg, /aɪə/, the sound in the non-rhotic pronunciation of "pyre").]
pharyngealnoun(phonetics) Ellipsis of pharyngeal consonant (“a sound that is articulated with the pharynx”).
velopharyngeal(phonetics) Articulated at the velopharynx. (Those with cleft palate produce such sounds instead of standard sibilants.)
pharyngalnounAlternative form of pharyngeal.
phononnoun(physics) The quantum of acoustic or vibrational energy (sound), considered a discrete particle rather than a wave.
diaphonenounA sound signal which produces sound by means of a slotted piston moved back and forth by compressed air.
depharyngealizationnoun(phonetics) A sound change that removes the pharyngeal component of a sound.
smoothingnounThe act by which something is made smooth.
phonophorenounThe phonetic component of a character in Chinese and related writing systems.
phonologizationnoun(phonetics) The development of a phonetic feature into a phonemic one.
antiphonynoun(music, singing) Alternate, or responsive singing by a choir split into two parts; a piece sung or chanted in this manner.
apophonynoun(phonetics) Modification of an internal vowel sound in a word or linguistic root, especially so as to establish a lexical distinction.
pleophonynoun(phonology) The phenomenon by which the Late Proto-Slavic "liquid diphthongs", formed from a vowel followed by a liquid *r or *l, become disyllabic -oro-, -ere- and -olo- reflexes in East Slavic languages.
pharyngealizationnoun(phonology) The act or process of pharyngealizing.
phonaesthemenounAlternative spelling of phonestheme. [(linguistics) A sound that, because it appears in a number of words of similar meaning, has a recognizable semantic association.]
prosodemenoun(linguistics) A phoneme that extends over more than one segment of sound
polywordnoun(linguistics) A phrase that acts like a single word.
phonetistnounOne versed in phonetics; a phonologist.

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