speech sound

Noun
  1. (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language (synset 107125755)
    referred to in: phonetics - the branch of acoustics concerned with speech processes including its production and perception and acoustic analysis
    is a type of: language unit, linguistic unit - one of the natural units into which linguistic messages can be analyzed
    subtypes:
    • phoneme - (linguistics) one of a small set of speech sounds that are distinguished by the speakers of a particular language
    • vowel, vowel sound - a speech sound made with the vocal tract open
    • glide, semivowel - a vowellike sound that serves as a consonant
    • consonant - a speech sound that is not a vowel
    • orinasal, orinasal phone - a speech sound produced with both the oral and nasal passages open (as French nasal vowels)
    • sonant, voiced sound - a speech sound accompanied by sound from the vocal cords
    is a part of: utterance, vocalization - the use of uttered sounds for auditory communication
    same as: phone, sound

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