CONTOID


Meaning of CONTOID in English

/kon"toyd/ , Phonet.

adj.

1. of or pertaining to a sound characterized by stoppage or obstruction of the flow of air in the vocal tract; consonantlike.

2. a contoid sound. Cf. vocoid .

[ 1940-45; CON(SONAN)T + -OID ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .