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Vocoid

//ˈvoʊ.kɔɪd// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A phonetic vowel, as opposed to a phonological one.
  2. 2
    A sound or segment that has some vowel-like feature and may or may not be able to occupy a nucleus; often includes semivowels, semiconsonants, and any non-syllabic or non-nucleic vowel

Etymology

From voc(al) + -oid. First appears c. the 1940s, coined by Kenneth Lee Pike, American linguist (1912-2000).

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