n
(linguistics) The use of allophones (alternative pronunciations).
adj
(phonology) Of or pertaining to anaptyxis; of a vowel having been inserted into a word.
adj
(linguistics) Going against the rules of phonetics; not spelled according to the sound.
n
A non-arbitrary mapping between speech sounds and the visual shape of objects.
adj
Of or relating to mispronounced words.
adj
Synonym of consonantal
adj
Pertaining to or characterized by a diphthong.
adj
Of the nature of diphthong; diphthongal.
adj
Imitative of a sound; onomatopoeic.
n
The practice of creating words or language by imitating sounds from the environment.
n
(grammar) The pronunciation of the Greek eta like the Italian long e, or the vowel in the English word ate.
n
A word with multiple pronunciations.
adj
(phonetics) Of consonants: having a different place of articulation.
adj
(phonetics) Of different tones.
n
The association of words or phrases based on sound rather than meaning, sometimes encountered in the speech of patients with psychiatric disorders.
adj
(grammar, Mongolic languages, of any word) Having the vowel harmony of a back vowel.
n
The use of the sound of words as a facet of poetry.
n
(Indo-European linguistics) A school of thought that argues that that the reconstruction of Proto-Indo-European is sufficient with only one laryngeal consonant.
n
(rare, Eastern Orthodoxy, derogatory) An opponent of onomatodoxy.
adj
(Eastern Orthodoxy) Relating to, supporting or advocating onomatodoxy.
n
(linguistics) A word formed by onomatopoeia or mimesis
n
Rare spelling of onomatopoeia. [(uncountable) The property of a word of sounding like what it represents.]
adj
Alternative form of onomatopoeic [Of or relating to onomatopoeia.]
n
(uncountable) The property of a word of sounding like what it represents.
adj
(obsolete, rare) Of or pertaining to onomatopoeia.
n
(obsolete) A word formed by onomatopoeia.
adj
Alternative form of onomatopoeic [Of or relating to onomatopoeia.]
adj
(obsolete, rare) Of or pertaining to onomatopoeia.
n
The use of onomatopoeia.
n
A type of poetry based around onomatopoeia.
adj
Alternative form of onomatopoetic [(uncommon) Synonym of onomatopoeic]
adv
Alternative form of onomatopoetically [In an onomatopoetic manner.]
n
Obsolete form of onomatopoeia. [(uncountable) The property of a word of sounding like what it represents.]
n
Obsolete spelling of onomatopoeia [(uncountable) The property of a word of sounding like what it represents.]
adj
Alternative spelling of onomatopoeic [Of or relating to onomatopoeia.]
adj
Obsolete form of onomatopoeical.
adv
Obsolete form of onomatopoeically. [In an onomatopoeic manner.]
adv
By means of onomatopoeia.
n
(linguistics) Any correspondence between the sound of a word and its meaning; examples include onomatopoeia and the use of phonaesthemes.
adj
Relating to phonation.
n
(linguistics) A word or phrase that mimics a sound.
adj
In which each separate position is associated with a different sound
adj
Synonym of phonosemantic
adj
Of or pertaining to prosody.
adj
Alternative form of prosodic [Of, or relating to, prosody.]
n
The study of prosody in speech.
n
The condition of being a pseudohomophone
n
Alternative form of synalepha [The suppression of a vowel at the end of word when it is followed by another word beginning with a vowel.]
n
Alternative form of synalepha [The suppression of a vowel at the end of word when it is followed by another word beginning with a vowel.]
n
(prosody) Mutual connection of all the verses in a system, so that they are scanned as one verse, as in anapaestics.
n
(prosody) Alternative form of synaphea [(prosody) The metrical continuity between one colon and another.]
n
Alternative spelling of synaeresis [(linguistics, prosody) the contraction of two vowels into a diphthong or a long vowel.]
adj
(linguistics) Relating to tones described in a phonetic, rather than phonemic, way.
n
(phonology) Tonal structure.
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