VOCOID


Meaning of VOCOID in English

/voh"koyd/ , Phonet.

adj.

1. of or pertaining to a sound produced without stoppage or obstruction of the flow of air in the vocal tract; vowellike.

n.

2. a vocoid sound. Cf. contoid .

[ 1940-45; VOC(AL) + -OID ]

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