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syllables
Main Entry:
speech sound
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Part of Speech:
noun
Definition:
sound unit of speech
Synonyms:
affricate,
click
, consonant, diphthong, fricative, implosive,
liquid
, phone, phonetic entity, phonetic unit, plosive, sibilant, sonant, spirant, syllable, vocable
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