Definition that contains speech sound
- long (of speech sounds or syllables) of relatively long duration
- hard (of speech sounds); produced with the back of the tongue raised toward or touching the velum
- short of speech sounds or syllables of relatively short duration
- soft (of speech sounds); produced with the back of the tongue raised toward the hard palate; characterized by a hissing or hushing sound (as `s' and `sh')
- infection (phonetics) the alteration of a speech sound under the influence of a neighboring sound
- resonance the quality imparted to voiced speech sounds by the action of the resonating chambers of the throat and mouth and nasal cavities
- vowel a speech sound made with the vocal tract open
- consonant a speech sound that is not a vowel
- phonetic of or relating to the scientific study of speech sounds
- phonetic of or relating to speech sounds