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phonates

phonates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of phonate.

Meaning of phonate

Verb

phonate (third-person singular simple present phonates, present participle phonating, simple past and past participle phonated)

  1. (intransitive) To make sounds with one's voice.
    • His voice is perfect; he phonates loudly and well.1873, John Murray, “On Three Peculiar Cases of Molluscum Fibrosum in Children […]”, in Medico-chirurgical Transactions, volume LVI, London: Published by the Royal Medical and Chirurgical Society of...
  2. (transitive) To use one's voice to make specific sounds.
    • [T]he tongue may rise up in the mouth, even while the patient phonates the vowel "a" [eh], in which case it will also need to be depressed by the finger, as just described.1876, Bernard Fraenkel, “The General Diagnosis and Therapeutics of Diseases of the Nose, Naso-pharyngeal Space, Pharynx, and Larynx”, in Edward W. Schauffler, transl., edited by H[ugo Wilhelm] von...

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Questions about phonates

What is phonates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Phonates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of phonate.

Words near phonates in the dictionary

  1. phonagnosia
  2. phonal
  3. phonascetics
  4. phonate
  5. phonated
  6. phonates
  7. phonating
  8. phonation
  9. phonational
  10. phonations
  11. phonatome

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