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Spécial | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | Tout
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| sm | affricate | |
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a sound used in speech that is like the ‘ch’ sound in ‘church’ or the ‘j’ sound in ‘judge’ | ||
| sm | alveolar | |
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a consonant sound such as ‘l’, ‘d’, ‘n’, or ‘t’, made with the tongue touching the skin behind your top front teeth | ||
| sm | aspiration | |
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linguistics the sound produced when you pronounce something by breathing air out through your mouth | ||
B |
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| sm | bilabial | |
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a bilabial sound is one that you produce using both lips, for example the sound of ‘m’ or ‘p’ | ||
C |
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| sm | close | |
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vowel noun. a vowel sound made with your tongue near the top of your mouth | ||
| sm | consonant | |
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linguistics a speech sound made by stopping all or some of the air going out of your mouth | ||
D |
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| sm | diphthong | |
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a combination of two vowel sounds said one after the other, as in the words ‘find’ and ‘fail’ | ||
F |
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| sm | fricative | |
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a speech sound that is made by pushing air out through a small space between your teeth and your tongue or lips, or between your tongue and palate (=the inside upper part of your mouth). ‘F’, ‘z’, and ‘th’ are fricatives. | ||
| sm | front | |
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adjective .linguistics a front vowel is made in the front part of your mouth | ||
G |
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| sm | glottal | |
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. a glottal sound is one that you make in speaking when you partly or completely stop air as it passes through the throat | ||
P |
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| sm | phonology | |
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. the study of the pattern of speech sounds used in a particular language
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R |
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| sm | retroflex | |
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adjective. pronounced with the end of your tongue bent backwards | ||