speech sound

S s

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [speech sound]
- /spitʃ saʊnd/
- /spiːtʃ saʊnd/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [speech sound]
- /spitʃ saʊnd/

Definitions of speech sound words

noun speech sound any of the set of distinctive sounds of a given language. Compare phoneme. 1
noun speech sound any audible, elemental, acoustic event occurring in speech: “Go” contains the speech sound “o.”. Compare phone2 . 1
noun speech sound any of the sounds of the entire phonetic system of a language. 1
noun speech sound an individual sound unit of speech 0

See all 4 definitions of speech sound

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Origin of speech sound

First appearance:

before 1865

One of the 28% newest English words

First recorded in 1865-70

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Speech sound

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Speech sound

speech sound popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 31% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 67% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

speech sound usage trend in Literature

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