Hypernym

noun

one of the natural units into which linguistic messages can be analyzed

Pertainym (pertains to noun)

adjective

of or relating to speech sounds

adjective

of or relating to speech sounds

Part_meronym

noun

the use of uttered sounds for auditory communication

Domain_of_synset_-_TOPIC

noun

the branch of acoustics concerned with speech processes including its production and perception and acoustic analysis

phone 2

noundomain: communication

Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]

English

Definition

(phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language

Synonyms

speech sound 1
(phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language
sound 6
(phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language