klinker

Definitions of klinker
  1. noun
    a speech sound made with the vocal tract open
    synonyms: vocaal
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    antonyms:
    consonant, medeklinker
    a speech sound that is not a vowel
    types:
    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
    type of:
    klank, spraakklank
    (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language
  2. noun
    a letter of the alphabet standing for a spoken vowel
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    type of:
    letter, letterteken
    the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech
  3. noun
    a hard brick used as a paving stone
    synonyms: klinkersteen, straatklinker
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    type of:
    baksteen, metselsteen, reuzekerel, reuzenkerel
    rectangular block of clay baked by the sun or in a kiln; used as a building or paving material
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