klank

Definitions of klank
  1. noun
    the particular auditory effect produced by a given cause
    synonyms: klanken, sound
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    stem, stemgeluid
    the distinctive quality or pitch or condition of a person's speech
  2. noun
    (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language
    synonyms: spraakklank
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    foneem, taalklank
    (linguistics) one of a small set of speech sounds that are distinguished by the speakers of a particular language
    klinker, vocaal
    a speech sound made with the vocal tract open
    glissando, halfklinker, halfvocaal
    a vowellike sound that serves as a consonant
    consonant, medeklinker
    a speech sound that is not a vowel
    sonant
    a speech sound accompanied by sound from the vocal cords
    ablaut
    a vowel whose quality or length is changed to indicate linguistic distinctions (such as sing sang sung song)
    diftong, tweeklank
    a vowel sound that starts near the articulatory position for one vowel and moves toward the position for another
    schwa, sjwa
    a neutral middle vowel; occurs in unstressed syllables
    alveolair
    a consonant articulated with the tip of the tongue near the gum ridge
    labiaal, lipklank, lipmedeklinker
    a consonant whose articulation involves movement of the lips
    nasaal, neusklank
    a consonant produced through the nose with the mouth closed
    gutturaal, keelklank
    a consonant articulated in the back of the mouth or throat
    type of:
    taal, taaluiting
    one of the natural units into which linguistic messages can be analyzed
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