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vocoid

US/ˈvoʊ.kɔɪd/

vocoid noun: a phonetic vowel, as opposed to a phonological one.

Noun

vocoid (plural vocoids)

  1. A phonetic vowel, as opposed to a phonological one.
  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

vocoid meaning in Tamil and Bengali

vocoid in Tamil

உயிரொலி

vocoid in Bengali

একটি ধ্বনিগত স্বরবর্ণ, প্রায়শই অর্ধস্বর

Forms of vocoid

pluralvocoids

Origin of vocoid

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

Words formed from vocoid

Questions about vocoid

What does vocoid mean?
Vocoid means a phonetic vowel, as opposed to a phonological one.
What is vocoid in Tamil?
Vocoid in Tamil is உயிரொலி. See Vocoid meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is vocoid?
Vocoid is a noun.
How do you pronounce vocoid?
Vocoid is pronounced /ˈvoʊ.kɔɪd/ (US).
What is the plural of vocoid?
The plural of vocoid is vocoids.

Words near vocoid in the dictionary

  1. vocodering
  2. vocoderlike
  3. vocoders
  4. vocodes
  5. vocoding
  6. vocoid
  7. vocoidal
  8. vocoids
  9. vocologist
  10. vocologists
  11. vocology

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: vocoid (page history and authors); vocoid (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); vocoid (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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