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phonetic property

phonetic property

6.8
A feature of speech sounds showing how they are made and how they sound, like voicing or pitch
  • noun
  • /fəˈnɛtɪk ˈprɒpərti/
  • Specialized
translation icon : propiedad fonética
  • The phonetic properties of the letter 'b' include its voiced articulation and bilabial place of articulation.

Examples

  • It is also consistent with the fact that there is no simple one-to-one correspondence between acoustic and phonetic properties.

    Academic text (2012)

  • Linguists study the phonetic property of sounds to understand how they are produced.

  • Each vowel in English has distinct phonetic properties that affect its pronunciation.

Synonyms

resonance
vsphonetic property
  • Specialized
1 6.5

How the throat, mouth, and nose change the sound of your voice

is a general articulatory or acoustic characteristic not limited to chamber amplification
vocality
vsphonetic property
  • Specialized
7.7

How much a speech sound is made with the voice, like vowels

is a broader articulatory or acoustic feature beyond just vocal fold vibration

Surface Forms

phonetic property singular
phonetic properties plural

Morphology

phonetic + property

The meaning 'an articulatory or acoustic characteristic of a speech sound' is directly composed from 'phonetic' (relating to speech sounds) + 'property' (a feature or attribute). This noun–noun combination is fully compositional and follows a common cross-linguistic pattern, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE's meaning.

Etymology

Phonetic property shows a simple idea: phonetic points to a spoken 'sound' and property means a 'quality' of that sound, like whether it uses the voice, where in the mouth it is made, or if it is high or low in pitch. So, phonetic property means a specific characteristic of a speech sound that helps us tell sounds apart.