Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

vocoid

/ˈvoʊ.kɔɪd/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: vo-coid
IPA: /ˈvoʊ.kɔɪd/

12

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A phonetic vowel, as opposed to a phonological one.

noun

A sound or segment that has some vowel-like feature and may or may not be able to occupy a nucleus; often includes semivowels, semiconsonants, and any non-syllabic or non-nucleic vowel

Etymology

From voc(al) + -oid. First appears c. the 1940s, coined by Kenneth Lee Pike, American linguist (1912-2000).

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈvoʊ.kɔɪd/

Inflected Forms

vocoids (plural)

Derived Forms

nonvocoid vocoidal

Frequently Paired Words

contoid

Questions

How do you pronounce vocoid?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈvoʊ.kɔɪd/.
What does vocoid mean?: A phonetic vowel, as opposed to a phonological one.
Where does vocoid come from?: From voc(al) + -oid. First appears c. the 1940s, coined by Kenneth Lee Pike, American linguist (1912-2000).

How to pronounce vocoid

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